Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management
Suter LG, Fraenkel L, Braithwaite RS. Cost-effectiveness of Adding Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Rheumatoid Arthritis Management. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 657-667. PMID: 21482840, PMCID: PMC4047037, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioMagnetic resonance imagingStandard risk stratificationCost-effectiveness ratioLifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratioEarly rheumatoid arthritisRisk stratificationRheumatoid arthritisAggressive treatmentResonance imagingBaseline radiographic erosionsRA-related costsEarly RA patientsMonths of diseaseRheumatoid arthritis managementStandard treatment protocolHigh-risk individualsProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDecision analysis modelRadiographic erosionsRA patientsDisease courseArthritis managementMRI specificityClinical markers