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Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased costs generated by resource utilization and loss of work productivity. We have studied 206 RA patients and analyzed indirect costs of RA in Romania (estimated using the human capital approach) in comparison with reported data for other countries...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31346527 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9343812 |
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author | Codreanu, Cătălin Mogoșan, Corina Popescu, Claudiu Paveliu, Marian-Sorin |
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description | Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased costs generated by resource utilization and loss of work productivity. We have studied 206 RA patients and analyzed indirect costs of RA in Romania (estimated using the human capital approach) in comparison with reported data for other countries. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The average age at inclusion was 55 years, with mean disease duration of 9.4 years; 55 patients had permanent work disability due to RA; 6.35 days of sick leave per patient were reported for the entire year of follow-up; the cost of permanent work disability was 1256€ per patient. From a societal perspective, the average indirect costs for a patient with RA were 1506€, significantly lower than the ones reported by other countries, especially due to the low monetary value of paid work. |
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spelling | pubmed-66178712019-07-25 Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania Codreanu, Cătălin Mogoșan, Corina Popescu, Claudiu Paveliu, Marian-Sorin Biomed Res Int Research Article Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with increased costs generated by resource utilization and loss of work productivity. We have studied 206 RA patients and analyzed indirect costs of RA in Romania (estimated using the human capital approach) in comparison with reported data for other countries. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The average age at inclusion was 55 years, with mean disease duration of 9.4 years; 55 patients had permanent work disability due to RA; 6.35 days of sick leave per patient were reported for the entire year of follow-up; the cost of permanent work disability was 1256€ per patient. From a societal perspective, the average indirect costs for a patient with RA were 1506€, significantly lower than the ones reported by other countries, especially due to the low monetary value of paid work. Hindawi 2019-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6617871/ /pubmed/31346527 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9343812 Text en Copyright © 2019 Cătălin Codreanu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Codreanu, Cătălin Mogoșan, Corina Popescu, Claudiu Paveliu, Marian-Sorin Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title | Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title_full | Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title_fullStr | Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title_short | Analysis of the Indirect Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Romania |
title_sort | analysis of the indirect costs of rheumatoid arthritis in romania |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31346527 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9343812 |
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