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ArticleInternal medicine journal2026

Impact of socioeconomic status on disability in a longitudinal rheumatoid arthritis cohort.

Oscar Russell, Susan Lester, Jessica Stanhope, Rachel J Black, Marissa Lassere, Claire Barrett, Lyn March, Tom Lynch, Rachelle Buchbinder, Catherine L Hill

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10 authors.

Oscar RussellRheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7134-6362
Susan LesterRheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jessica StanhopeRheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Rachel J BlackRheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Marissa LassereDepartment of Rheumatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Claire BarrettRedcliffe Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Lyn MarchSydney Musculoskeletal Health, Northern Clinical School, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and the Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tom LynchSydney Musculoskeletal Health, Northern Clinical School, Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney and the Northern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-6912
Rachelle BuchbinderMusculoskeletal Health and Wiser Health Care Units, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-0933
Catherine L HillRheumatology Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8289-4922

Funding

Arthritis SA Post Graduate Research ScholarshipAustralian Government Research Training Place
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on health outcomes in Australians living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not known. We aimed to determine whether differences in disability trajectory were present according to individuals' SES using longitudinal data from the Australian Rheumatology Association Database. We found that lower area-level SES was associated with significantly increased Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index scores (indicating greater disability). These results may indicate the presence of a healthcare inequity for those living with RA and lower SES.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidDisability EvaluationPersons with DisabilitiesSocial ClassAdultAgedAustraliaCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesLow Socioeconomic StatusMaleMiddle AgedSocioeconomic Disparities in Healthambulatory carehealth servicerheumatoid arthritis

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PMID42441914
PMCPMC13547878

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