Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease in the United States: Prevalence, Incidence, and Healthcare Costs and Mortality.

CONCLUSION: Prevalence of RA-ILD increased over time. For patients who could be followed over a 5-year period, healthcare use and costs were somewhat stable over time, but were substantial. RA-ILD is associated with decreased survival. PMID: 30442831 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Rheumatol - November 15, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Raimundo K, Solomon JJ, Olson AL, Kong AM, Cole AL, Fischer A, Swigris JJ Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research