Factors associated with the initiation of biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in Texas Medicaid patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive autoimmune disorder of joints that is associated with high health care costs and yet lacks guidance on how early to initiate biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), a class of medications that is the major cost driver in RA management. The...

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Main Author: Kim, Gilwan
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26475