Biologic TNF inhibiting agents for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: persistence and dosing patterns in Germany

Health Economics Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Neubauer, Sarah ^a   Cifaldi, Mary ^b   Mittendorf, Thomas ^c   Ganguli, Arijit ^b   Wolff, Malte ^b   Zeidler, Jan ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^c Herescon GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Claims data; Dosing patterns; Germany; Persistence; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ICD-10; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84971301649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-014-0032-4     Document Type: Article

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