Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
[Productivity costs of rheumatoid arthritis in Germany. Cost composition and prediction of main cost components].
Identification of predictors for the productivity cost components: (1) sick leave, and (2) work disability in gainfully employed and (3) impaired household productivity in unemployed patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the societal perspective. ⋯ Interventions such as reduction in disease progression and control of disease activity, early vocational rehabilitation measures and vocational retraining in patients at risk of quitting working life, and self-management programs to learn coping strategies might decrease future RA-related productivity costs.