Out-of-pocket expenses and their burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1563-1570

  Wolfe, Frederick ^a,b   Michaud, Kaleb ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL CARE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449513694     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24724     Document Type: Article

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