Societal costs and patients' experience of health inequities before and after diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis: a Danish cohort study

Lars Erik Kristensen, Tanja S Jørgensen, Robin Christensen, Henrik Gudbergsen, Lene Dreyer, Christine Ballegaard, Lennart T H Jacobsson, Vibeke Strand, Philip J Mease, Jakob Kjellberg

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To comprehensively study the comorbidities, healthcare and public transfer (allowance) costs in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) before and after diagnosis.METHODS: Nationwide cohort study, using data from Danish registries from January 1998 through December 2014. A total of 10 525 patients with PsA and 20 777 matched general population comparator (GPC) subjects were included. Societal costs, employment status and occurrence of comorbidities in patients with PsA both before and after diagnosis were compared with GPC subjects.RESULTS: At baseline, patients with PsA had significantly more comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease (OR 1(.)70 95% CI 1(.)55 to 1(.)86), respiratory diseases (OR 1(.)73 95% CI 1(.)54 to 1(.)96) and infectious diseases (OR 2(.)03 95% CI 1(.)69 to 2(.)42) compared with GPC subjects. At all time points, patients with PsA had higher total healthcare and public transfer costs; they also had lower income (p
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Vol/bind76
Udgave nummer9
Sider (fra-til)1495-1501
Antal sider7
ISSN0003-4967
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2017
Udgivet eksterntJa

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