TY - GEN AU - Kirchhoff,Timm AU - Ruof,Jörg AU - Mittendorf,Thomas AU - Rihl,Markus AU - Bernateck,Michael AU - Mau,Wilfried AU - Zeidler,Henning AU - Schmidt,Reinhold E AU - Merkesdal,Sonja TI - Cost of illness in rheumatoid arthritis in Germany in 1997-98 and 2002: cost drivers and cost savings SN - 1462-0332 PY - 2011///1102 KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Antirheumatic Agents KW - economics KW - Arthritis, Rheumatoid KW - drug therapy KW - Cohort Studies KW - Cost Savings KW - statistics & numerical data KW - Cost of Illness KW - Cost-Benefit Analysis KW - Efficiency KW - Female KW - Germany KW - epidemiology KW - Health Care Costs KW - Hospitalization KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha KW - antagonists & inhibitors N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keq398 ER -