Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the rates of hospitalization for 4 manifestations of severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which are used as indicators of long-term health outcomes, have changed from 1983 to 2001. METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Rates of hospitalization for rheumatoid vasculitis and splenectomy in Felty's syndrome have decreased over the past 19 years, and there has been a recent decrease in the rates of primary total knee arthroplasty in patients with RA. Although several factors may account for these decreases, these findings suggest that since the early 1980s, the long-term health outcomes of patients with RA have improved.
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Authors | Michael M Ward |
Journal | Arthritis and rheumatism
(Arthritis Rheum)
Vol. 50
Issue 4
Pg. 1122-31
(Apr 2004)
ISSN: 0004-3591 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15077294
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
(statistics & numerical data)
- California
(epidemiology)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Felty Syndrome
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Female
- Hospitalization
(statistics & numerical data)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
(statistics & numerical data)
- Registries
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Severity of Illness Index
- Splenectomy
(statistics & numerical data)
- Vasculitis
(epidemiology, therapy)
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