Abstract Number: 2810 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
The Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Health Care Utilization for Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Andrea M. Knight1,2, Alaina M. Davis3, Marisa S. Klein-Gitelman4, Zuleyha Cidav5 and David Mandell6, 1Division of Rheumatology, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness & PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Pediatric Rheumatology, Monroe Carell Junior Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Nashville, TN, 4Division of Pediatric Rheumatology/PDD PTD, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 5Perelman School of Medicine, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 6Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Youth with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have high health care utilization, which may be exacerbated by psychiatric disorders, a common comorbidity in this group.…
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