ArticleRheumatology (Oxford, England)2009
Health care utilization in patients with spondyloarthropathies.
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- Special Article: 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2019Guideline
- Special Article: 2018 American College of Rheumatology/National Psoriasis Foundation Guideline for the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2019Guideline
- Patient involvement in outcome measures for psoriatic arthritis.Current rheumatology reports · 2014Pooled it
- Does Gender Impact a Diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis?ACR open rheumatology · 2022Article
- From Bed to Bench and Back: TNF-α, IL-23/IL-17A, and JAK-Dependent Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Psoriatic Synovitis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- [Cross-sectional study on clinic behavior and therapeutic status of patients with psoriatic arthritis in multi-center].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2019Article
- Validation and cultural adaptation of the qualisex questionnaire in patients with axial spondyloarthritis in Argentina.Rheumatology international · 2018Article
- Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates of Physical Therapy Utilization in Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis.Physical therapy · 2018Article
- The Cost of Ankylosing Spondylitis in the UK Using Linked Routine and Patient-Reported Survey Data.PloS one · 2015Article
- Health-related quality-of-life status in Veterans with spinal disorders.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Gender differences in ankylosing spondylitis-associated cumulative healthcare utilization: a population-based cohort study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2011Article
- Effect of comorbidity on quality of life of male veterans with prevalent primary total knee arthroplasty.Clinical rheumatology · 2009Article
- Spondyloarthritis is associated with poor function and physical health-related quality of life.The Journal of rheumatology · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo study health care utilization in veterans with SpAs.
methodsIn a postal survey of 70,508 veterans in Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN)-13 from 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1998, demographics, smoking status and performance of activities of daily living (ADLs) were queried. Databases provided ICD-9 codes for AS, PsA and ReA; comorbidities; demographics; and health care utilization post-survey in respondents. Multivariable linear/logistic regression compared out- and inpatient health care utilization in SpA vs non-SpA, and its predictors in SpA.
resultsA total of 1001 veteran respondents had diagnoses of SpA: AS, n = 154; PsA, n = 814; ReA, n = 33. Veterans with AS, PsA and ReA, respectively, had significantly higher adjusted annual medical specialty (2.8, 3.6 and 3 vs 1.5; P < 0.0001), surgical care (3.3, 2.7 and 3.2 vs 1.9; P < 0.0001) and primary care visits (3.4, 3.0 and 2.3 vs 2.7, P = 0.024). Multivariable-adjusted analyses showed that more ADL limitations and higher comorbidity were associated with higher in- and outpatient health care utilization in PsA and none of the predictors were significantly associated with utilization in AS.
conclusionsAfter adjustment for differences in demographics and comorbidities, more outpatient health resource utilization was observed in SpA patients. Further studies should focus on what leads to this increase in utilization, and whether any modifiable factors can be introduced to reduce health care utilization in PsA patients.
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