Abstracts tagged "Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 395 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trends in Disease Activity, Response and Remission Rates in Rheumatoid Arthritis During the Last Decade: Results From the NOR-DMARD Register
Anna-Birgitte Aga¹, Elisabeth Lie², Karen M. Fagerli², Till Uhlig², Tore K. Kvien² and Espen A. Haavardsholm³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: During the past decade there has been an increasing focus on early, aggressive treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and combined with the…
Abstract Number: 53 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Decision Rules for Identifying Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in Administrative Healthcare Databases
John G. Hanly, Kara Thompson and Chris Skedgel, Division of Rheumatology, Dalhousie University and Capital Health, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: Identification of RA cases in administrative healthcare databases is used to estimate disease frequency, healthcare utilization and cost for RA. However, the optimal methodology…

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