Characteristics of medical costs and resource use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with and without glucocorticoids

• Eiichi Tanaka ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: e-tanaka@twmu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2850-326X

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• Eisuke Inoue,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Showa University Research Administration Center (SURAC), Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ryoko Sakai,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose-city, Tokyo, Japan

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• Katsuhiko Iwasaki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Science and Analytics, Medilead Inc., Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ayako Shoji,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Science and Analytics, Medilead Inc., Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masayoshi Harigai

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

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