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SUBMITTER: Karaca-Mandic P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965502 | biostudies-other | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Karaca-Mandic Pinar P Joyce Geoffrey F GF Goldman Dana P DP Laouri Marianne M
Health services research 20101001 5 Pt 1
<h4>Objectives</h4>To examine the impact of benefit generosity and household health care financial burden on the demand for specialty drugs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).<h4>Data sources/study setting</h4>Enrollment, claims, and benefit design information for 35 large private employers during 2000-2005.<h4>Study design</h4>We estimated multivariate models of the effects of benefit generosity and household financial burden on initiation and continuation of biologic therapies.<h4>D ...[more]