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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"specialty drugs"”.
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Medication utilization for rheumatoid arthritis among commercially insured patients
… non tumor necrosis factor (TNF) biologics are specialty drugs recommended by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guideline for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Barriers to their use include cost, side effects, and route of administration. Objective: The primary objective of …
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Improving outpatient non-oncology infusion through centralization and scheduling heuristics
The use of highly effective intravenously infused specialty drugs has increased significantly over the past two decades as they have led to dramatic improvements in patients' quality-of- life. At Massachusetts General Hospital, these drugs are administered in ten independent outpatient clinics. …
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Long-term Comparative Effectiveness of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Strategies
… resources. Biologic disease modifiers are new drugs that provide hope to improve the course of RA; however, biologics are among the most expensive specialty drugs. Although the treatment costs of RA have recently increased with the introduction of biologics, most of the economic and societal …