Costs of rheumatoid arthritis in France: a multicenter study of 1109 patients managed by hospital-based rheumatologists.

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Date publication

juillet 2004

Journal

The Journal of rheumatology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUILLEMIN Francis


Tous les auteurs :
Guillemin F, Durieux S, Daurès JP, Lafuma A, Saraux A, Sibilia J, Bourgeois P, Sany J

Résumé

The economic impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is substantial, but most studies provide cost estimates specific to a US population. We performed a cost-of-illness analysis of patients with RA for French society.

Mots clés

Aged, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, economics, Cost of Illness, Cross-Sectional Studies, Economics, Hospital, Female, France, Health Care Costs, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Rheumatology, economics

Référence

J. Rheumatol.. 2004 Jul;31(7):1297-304