Direct medical expenditure associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a nationally representative sample from the medical expenditure panel survey

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1649-1656

  Kawatkar, Aniket A ^a   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Levy, Gerald D ^a   Medhekar, Swati S ^a   Venkatasubramaniam, Kumarapuram V ^a   Herrinton, Lisa J ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868246947     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21755     Document Type: Article

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