Ankylosing Spondylitis
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“The cost of AS-related total medical care significantly increased medical cost savings from 24.85% to 35.52% following TNFi dose reduction,” researchers concluded.
No biologic strategies in treatment guidelines for ankylosing spondylitis were cost-effective at a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000 per quality-adjusted life-year.
Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who switch or discontinue their biologic within a year of starting it have higher health care utilization and medical costs compared with patients who stay with…