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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal Article
Treatment Goals for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Patient Engagement and Goal Collection
We worked with a steering committee and surveyed patients with rheumatoid arthritis to test a new method for engaging patients in healthcare valuation using patient goals.
May 4, 2023
Commentary
Advancing Women's Health Requires Better Evidence
For decades, advances in health and health care have had a bias toward the male body. By shifting the focus of research to women's bodies and building out this base of evidence on women's health, scientists and doctors can improve health outcomes and overall quality of life for women, all while also saving money.
Apr 10, 2023
Report
Societal Impact of Research Funding for Women's Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis
The authors find that small investments are likely to yield large gains from increasing research funding in rheumatoid arthritis; investing in women's health research yields benefits above investing in general research.
Jan 25, 2022
Report
Investment in Women's Health Research Could Reap Large Societal Benefits
The potential gains from women-focused research are substantial, given the limitations in knowledge about disease development and impacts for women relative to men. Savings would include increased life years, fewer disruptions to work productivity, and fewer years with disease and functional dependence.
Oct 11, 2021
Journal Article
Digital Health Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges in Rheumatology
Digital health technology offers enormous potential to improve rheumatology care but this potential has so far been largely unrealized.
Sep 24, 2020
Journal Article
Development of a Canadian Core Clinical Dataset to Support High-quality Care for Canadian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
The core elements in the Canadian Rheumatoid Arthritis Core Clinical Dataset were rated as important and feasible to collect by rheumatology care providers and people living with arthritis from across Canada.
Oct 13, 2017
Journal Article
Development of System-Level Performance Measures for Evaluation of Models of Care for Inflammatory Arthritis in Canada
This study aims to develop system-level performance measures for evaluating the care of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Jan 25, 2016
Journal Article
Development of Key Performance Indicators to Evaluate Centralized Intake for Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
The aim of this study was to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate centralized intake systems for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Nov 30, 2015
Journal Article
Development of Cardiovascular Quality Indicators for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from an International Expert Panel Using a Novel Online Process
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Jul 24, 2015
Journal Article
Variation in the Spillover Effects of Illness on Parents, Spouses, and Children of the Chronically Ill
Given the broad scope of the spillover effects of illness, it is important to characterize the variability in these outcomes to identify relationship types in which secondary impacts of illness are particularly important to include in health economic evaluations.
Apr 1, 2014
Journal Article
Patients with Multiple Health Conditions Have Lower Health-Related Quality of Life
Patients with multi-morbid diabetes, arthritis, neurological, or long-term mental health problems have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than other people. The associations of physical health with HRQoL were stronger in the presence of long-term mental health problems.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
The Minimally Important Difference for the Fatigue Visual Analog Scale in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Followed in an Academic Clinical Practice
Estimates the minimally important difference for a fatigue visual analog scale (VAS) using patient-reported anchors (fatigue, pain, and overall health). This information can aid in interpreting fatigue VAS in day-to-day care in clinical practice.
Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article
Assessment of American College of Rheumatology Quality Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Pre-Quality Criteria Patient Cohort
To evaluate the ACR starter set of quality measures for RA in an actual patient cohort that preceded publication of the quality measures.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
The Complexity of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Metrics for Better Understanding Chronic Disease Care
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) provide an important opportunity for understanding care of patients with a serious chronic condition.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Methods to Develop Arthritis and Osteoporosis Measures: A View from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
The key challenge to the feasibility of arthritis performance measures is the lack of administrative data to identify the eligible population.
Jan 1, 2007
News Release
Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall
April 4, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall.
Apr 4, 2006
Journal Article
Application of Explicit Process of Care Measurement to Rheumatoid Arthritis: Moving from Evidence to Practice
The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of rates of change in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) and/or systemic corticosteroid drug or dose for 568 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) across 6,159 clinical encounters within 12 months to examine how changes in clinical specifications change adherence.
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Revalidation of the Original Cedars-Sinai Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire
Results support the validity and reliability of both the original CSHQ-RA and the 11-item CSHQ-RA SF when tested in representative patient population
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Payback Arising from Research Funding: Evaluation of the Arthritis Research Campaign
There is a wide diversity of research payback. Short focused project grants seem to provide value for money.
Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article
Measuring Preference Weights for American College of Rheumatology Response Criteria for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
To estimate weights for health states comprising ACR response and different levels of adverse events associated with rheumatoid arthritis treatments.
Jan 1, 2005

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