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Table 2 Epidemiology data used in the model

From: Improving patient flow of people with rheumatoid arthritis has the potential to simultaneously improve health outcomes and reduce direct costs

Epidemiology

 

Reference

Austria’s mid-year male population, male, as per July 15, 2013

3,181,396

[http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/index.html].

RA: yearly incidence per 100,000 males

14

[17].

Austria’s mid-year female population, female, as per July 15, 2013

3,442,605

[http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/index.html].

RA: yearly incidence per 100,000 females

36

[17].

Probability of person presenting with symptoms of undifferentiated arthritis (UA)

0.00186

[14]