Lifetime Risks, Life Expectancy, and Health Care Expenditures for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Followed Up From 2003 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was undertaken to estimate the cumulative incidence rate of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the Taiwanese population ages 16-84 years, and life expectancy, loss of life expectancy, and lifetime health care expenditures for incident RA in Taiwan after 2003, when biologics began to be prescribed.

Methods

We obtained all claims data for the period 1999 to 2016 from the National Health Insurance program of Taiwan, and validated the data against the Catastrophic Illness Registry to establish the study cohort. We estimated the survival function for RA and extrapolated to lifetime using a rolling-over algorithm. For every RA case, we simulated sex-, age-, and calendar year-matched referents from vital statistics and estimated their life expectancy. The difference

SUBMITTER: Chiu YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247851 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature