Abstracts tagged "Health Services Research"

Abstract Number: 1617 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparing Uptake of Biosimilar Infliximab Among Patients with Medicare, Medicaid and Private Insurance in U.S. Rheumatology Practices 2016-2022
Eric Roberts¹, Jing Li¹, Nick Bansback², Chien-Wen Tseng³, Steve Shiboski¹, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany¹, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, ⁴UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: The first infliximab biosimilar (infliximab-dybb) entered the U.S. market in 2016, and two additional products have subsequently been introduced (infliximab-axxq (2017) and infliximab-abda (2020)).…
Abstract Number: 1860 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of the Receipt of Adequate Pharmacological and Psychological Treatment for Incident Depression and Anxiety in Individuals Living with Inflammatory Arthritis
Alyssa Howren¹, Eric Sayre², J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, Joseph Puyat¹, Deborah Da Costa⁴, Hui Xie⁵, Amit Gupta¹ and Mary De Vera¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, ⁵Simon Fraser University, Richmond, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: To describe patterns of pharmacological and psychological treatment and evaluate the receipt of minimally adequate treatment for incident depression and anxiety in individuals with…
Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gender Equity Amongst Rheumatology Professionals: Preliminary Findings of the Coalition for Health and Gender Equity E-survey (CHANGE Group)
Lisa Traboco¹, Pavel Ovseiko², Sarah Dyball³, Tayyeba Khursheed⁴, ALEJANDRA BABINI⁵, Asgar Ali Kalla⁶, Catherine Hill⁷, Debashish Danda⁸, Dzifa Dey⁹, Elena Nikiphorou¹⁰, Ghita Harifi¹¹, Ho SO¹², Humeira Badshah¹³, Ihsane Hmamouchi¹⁴, Joan Marie Von Feldt¹⁵, Júlia Boechat Farani¹⁶, Mariana Peixoto Guimarães¹⁷, Kanon Jatuworapruk¹⁸, Laura Andreoli¹⁹, Nelly Ziade²⁰, PENELOPE PALOMINOS²¹, Qian Wang²², Ran Nakashima²³, Syed Haq²⁴, Wilson Bautista-Molano²⁵, Yoshiya Tanaka²⁶, Grace Wright²⁷, Vikas Agarwal²⁸, Laura Coates²⁹ and Latika Gupta³⁰, ¹University of the Philippines - Manila, St Luke's Medical Center - Bonifacio Global City, Paranaque, Manila, Philippines, ²Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³University of Manchester, Stockport, United Kingdom, ⁴Pakistan institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, ⁵Hospital Italiano Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, ⁷The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia, ⁸Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India, ⁹University of Ghana Medical School, Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ¹⁰King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹HBMC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹²The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, ¹³Dr Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, ¹⁴Rheumatology Unit, Lalla Aicha Temara Hospital, Temara, Morocco, ¹⁵University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil, ¹⁷Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, ¹⁸Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand, ¹⁹University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²⁰Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, ²¹Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, ²²Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Peking Union Medical College Hospital, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, Beijing, China, ²³Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, ²⁴BSM Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ²⁵University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia, ²⁶University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, ²⁷Grace C Wright MD PC, New York, NY, ²⁸Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, India, ²⁹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³⁰Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: There is growing attention to gender inequity within rheumatology with persistent challenges in achieving pay parity, career progression, & access to leadership roles. In…
Abstract Number: 0996 • ACR Convergence 2023
Will Patients Engage with Digital Technologies as Part of Routine Healthcare?
Jeffrey R Curtis¹, Sandeep Sodhi², Yuji Su³, Scott Laster⁴, Fenglong Xie², Ye Liu⁵ and Corey Patrick⁴, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ²Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham and Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Micare, Memphis, TN, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) are new care delivery options by which patients can provide data to their provider via…
Abstract Number: 1618 • ACR Convergence 2023
Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Patients with SLE
Kai Sun¹, Nneka Molokwu¹, Emily Hanlen¹, Amy Corneli², Kathryn Pollak¹, Jennifer Rogers¹, Rebecca Sadun¹, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber², Jayanth Doss¹, Hayden Bosworth¹ and Megan Clowse³, ¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence is common and is associated with increased disease activity, morbidity, and mortality in SLE. To optimize medication adherence and SLE outcomes, we…
Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2023
Clinic Protocol Boosts Blood Pressure Confirmatory Readings and Accuracy in an Academic Medical Center
Kubra Bugdayli¹, Amber Meyer¹, Antoinette Keith¹, Karunakar Dirisala¹, Guillermo Quiceno¹ and Puneet Bajaj², ¹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Hypertension is the most common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases among all adults. Studies have shown that single blood pressure (BP) measurements vary…
Abstract Number: 088 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Quality Improvement Cycles to Actualize Distribution of the Adolescent Assessment of Preparation for Transition (ADAPT) Survey
David McDonald¹, Kristiana Nasto¹, Kyla Fergason¹, Mary Robichaux¹, Bernard Danna¹, Monique Maher¹, Alexander Alexander¹, Ariel Coleman², Anne Dykes², JaLeen Rogers², Miriah Gillispie-Taylor¹ and Tiphanie Vogel¹, ¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: The challenges of transitioning patients with chronic rheumatic diseases from pediatric to adult care can lead to increased morbidity and mortality following transfer. Therefore,…
Abstract Number: 0059 • ACR Convergence 2022
Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs of Management of Lupus Nephritis in Adult and Juvenile Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Kenneth Kalunian¹, Janice Ma², Konrad Pisarczyk², Richard Leff³, Kiruthi Palaniswamy⁴ and Li Long⁴, ¹University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Maple Health Group, LLC, New York, NY, ³Kezar Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, ⁴Kezar Life Sciences, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which develops in about one-third of SLE patients within…
Abstract Number: 0103 • ACR Convergence 2022
Retention in Rheumatology Care and Receipt of Lupus-Specific Serologic Testing Among Young Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Medicare Cohort Study
Maria Schletzbaum¹, W. Ryan Powell², Shivani Garg³, Joseph A. Kramer⁴, Brad C. Astor⁵, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi⁶, Amy J. Kind⁷ and Christie Bartels⁸, ¹University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Middleton, WI, ²University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Research, Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University of Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine & Center for Health Disparities Research,, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Nephrology Division and Department of Population Sciences, Madison, WI, ⁶University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Emergency Medicine; and the Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁷University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Division & Center for Health Disparities Research, Madison, WI, ⁸University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: SLE is a leading cause of mortality in young adults, particularly in those identifying as Black or Hispanic or who are socioeconomically disadvantaged. These…
Abstract Number: 0861 • ACR Convergence 2022
Incidence of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of National United States Administrative Claims Data
Daniel Horton¹, Amanda Neikirk², Yiling Yang², Cecilia Huang³, Stephen Crystal⁴, amy davidow⁵, Kevin Haynes⁶, Tobias Gerhard⁷, Carlos Rose⁸, Brian Strom⁹ and Lauren Parlett², ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²HealthCore, Wilmington, DE, ³Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Rutgers Center for Health Services Research, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁵New York University, New York, NY, ⁶Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, ⁷Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁸Nemours, Chadds Ford, PA, ⁹Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Limited information exists on how rates of diagnosis of rheumatic diseases have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared rates of JIA diagnosis before…
Abstract Number: 2197 • ACR Convergence 2022
Unmet Need in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Therapy: High Corticosteroid Use and Poor Adherence and Persistence to SLE Treatments in the US
Prajakta Masurkar¹, Jennifer Reckleff², Nicole Princic³, Brendan Limone⁴, Hana Schwartz⁴, Elaine Karis⁵, Eric Zollars⁶, Bradley Stolshek⁵ and Karen Costenbader⁷, ¹Amgen, Wylie, TX, ²Amgen, Westlake Village, CA, ³IBM Watson Health, Reading, MA, ⁴IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Amgen, Newbury Park, CA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Poor treatment adherence and persistence is an ongoing problem among SLE patients due to complex regimens and may lead to frequent use of high-dose…
Abstract Number: 0063 • ACR Convergence 2022
Implementability of a SLE Medication Adherence Intervention
Kai Sun¹, Nneka Molokwu², Amy Corneli¹, Kathryn Pollak¹, Alexandria Bennion², Jennifer L Rogers³, Rebecca Sadun², Lisa Criscione-Schreiber¹, Jayanth Doss², Amanda Eudy⁴, Hayden Bosworth¹ and Megan Clowse², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Durham, NC, ⁴Duke University, Raleigh, NC
Background/Purpose: Medication nonadherence in SLE is common and negatively impacts patient outcomes. Yet, little is known about how to improve medication adherence in patients with…
Abstract Number: 0104 • ACR Convergence 2022
Gender Representation of the Editors and Editorial Boards of the Top 45 Rheumatology-Focused Journals
Aldo Barajas-Ochoa¹, Amaranta ManriquedeLara², Alfonso Gastelum-Strozzi³, Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas⁴, Antonio Cisneros-Barrios⁵, Manuel Ramirez-Trejo⁵, Paloma Gradilla-Magaña⁵ and Cesar Ramos-Remus⁶, ¹Rutgers New Jersey Medical School., Richmond, VA, ²Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga,", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁴Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁵Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, ⁶Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Cronico-Degenerativas, Guadalajara, Mexico
Background/Purpose: The assessment of the frequency distribution of females and males is occurring in different academic areas. Academic publishing is not exempt from potential structural…
Abstract Number: 0862 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: An Analysis of National United States Administrative Claims Data
Daniel Horton¹, Yiling Yang², Amanda Neikirk², Cecilia Huang³, Stephen Crystal⁴, amy davidow⁵, Kevin Haynes⁶, Tobias Gerhard⁷, Carlos Rose⁸, Brian Strom⁹ and Lauren Parlett², ¹Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, ²HealthCore, Wilmington, DE, ³Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁴Rutgers Center for Health Services Research, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁵New York University, New York, NY, ⁶Johnson & Johnson, Titusville, NJ, ⁷Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, ⁸Nemours, Chadds Ford, PA, ⁹Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ
Background/Purpose: Limited information exists on COVID-19 pandemic-related changes in the management of rheumatic diseases in adults or children, besides what patients and families have reported.…
Abstract Number: 2198 • ACR Convergence 2022
How Did a Mandatory Switching Policy for Biosimilars in Canada Impact Uptake and Spending?
Alison McClean¹, Nick Bansback¹, Lucy Cheng¹, Fiona Clemont², Mina Tadrous³, Mark Harrison¹ and Mike Law¹, ¹University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Uptake of biosimilars has been suboptimal in North America. In 2019, British Columbia (BC) became the first jurisdiction in North America to require patients…

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