Long-term medical costs and resource utilization in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis: A five-year analysis of a large medicaid population

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 755-763

  Li, Tracy ^a   Carls, Ginger Smith ^b   Panopalis, Pantelis ^c   Wang, Sara ^b   Gibson, Teresa B ^b   Goetzel, Ron Z ^b,d  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66749188301     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24545     Document Type: Article

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