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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of low‐dose colchicine prophylaxis for preventing gout flares when starting allopurinol using the “start‐low go‐slow” approach. Methods Participants with gout, fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology recommendations for starting urate‐lowering therapy and with serum urate
Yana Pryymachenko +4 more
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Health and Household Expenditures
, 2018 We examine the effect of health on household expenditures in the Netherlandsbetween 2009 and 2017, a period that is characterized by significant increases in out-of-pocket medical expenditures for long-term care. How health affects household spending is an empirical question: on the one hand, health can affect a household’s budget through increased out-
Ooijen, R. van +2 more
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Household Size Economies: Malaysian Evidence [PDF]
People live in households with different size and composition and they consume a variety of goods; categorised as private and public goods. With the existence of public goods in the household, doubling the household size need not increase the consumption
Gillis Maclean +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We assessed whether circulating adipokines are associated with incident fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Three adipokines (adiponectin, leptin, and fibroblast growth factor [FGF]‐21) were measured using banked enrollment serum from participants in a longitudinal RA cohort.
Joshua F. Baker +9 more
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The Scope of the Unit Value Problem [PDF]
This paper investigates the scope of the unit value problem in household level expenditure data. Specifically, to what extent do unit values and prices coincide.
Beatty, Timothy K.M.
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The expenditure experience of older households [PDF]
, 2009 This commentary examines detailed trends in expenditure patterns between 1995 and 2007, with a particular focus on the pensioner population. Pensioners are not a homogeneous group, but differ widely in both their levels and patterns of spending, and so ...
Leicester, A., O'Dea, C., Oldfield, Z.
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Impact of Positive Lifestyle Behaviors on Direct Health Care Cost Savings for Low Back Pain
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between a previously purpose‐developed lifestyle behavior scale and health care cost savings related to low back pain (LBP). Methods This longitudinal study used data from the Australian Twin Back (AUTBACK) study. LBP and lifestyle behavior measures were collected at baseline. Physical activity
Ye Tian +8 more
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013 The paper deals with identifying relationships between the household consumption expenditure and the human development index (HDI) on the sample of countries of the world.
Milan Palát, Alois Kunc
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Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods [PDF]
, 2002 Estimates of household size economies are needed for the analysis of poverty and inequality. This paper shows that Engel estimates of size economies are large when household expenditures are obtained by respondent recall but small when expenditures are ...
Anand S. +13 more
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Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler +5 more
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