Objective The prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) has been increasing over
the past several decades in the US, concurrent with an aging population and the growing …

… Yelin (14) used data from the NHIS and the SOA to provide indicators of the relative disability
… Felts W, Yelin E: The economic impact of the rheumatic diseases in the United States. J …

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) relieves pain and improves quality of life for persons
with advanced knee osteoarthritis. However, to our knowledge, the cost-effectiveness of …

The purposes of this study were to describe the prevalence of fatigue, examine the association
between fatigue and doctor visits, and identify correlates of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (…

Background Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contains potent
respiratory irritants, may lead to chronic airway inflammation and obstruction. Although ETS …

Objective The impact of increasing utilization of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) on lifetime
costs in persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA) is understudied. Methods We used the …

Background: Asthma is a common and costly health condition, but most estimates of its
economic effect have relied on secondary sources with limited condition-specific detail. Objective…

We explore here the relative contribution of selected disease, social, and work-related factors
to disability status in a population of persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Our study differs …

Background Psychological functioning is an important determinant of health outcomes in
chronic lung disease. To better define the role of anxiety in chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Two sets of contributory factors to depression among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
are generally examined–the social context of the individual and the biologic disease state of …