Healthcare resource use and direct costs in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis in a large US cohort

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 88-96

  Greenberg, Jeffrey D ^a   Palmer, Jacqueline B ^b   Li, Yunfeng ^c   Herrera, Vivian ^b   Tsang, Yuen ^e   Liao, Minlei ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Economics and Outcomes Research Janssen Scientific Affairs   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d KMK Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Cost analysis; Medical care costs; Observational study; Prescription drugs; Psoriatic arthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONBIOLOGICAL DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALL CAUSE DIRECT COST; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIRECT MEDICAL COST; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE VISIT; PHARMACY COST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; COHORT STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011875918     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.150540     Document Type: Article

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