FRI0196 Costs in Relation to Disability, Disease Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Background RA is associated with high societal costs. While disability predicts costs in RA, little is known about the relations between costs and disease activity or health-related quality of life. Objectives To study the associations between costs, disability, disease activity, and health-related quality of life. Methods RA patients receiving anti-TNF therapy in southern Sweden (n=2504; median disease duration 11y) were monitored between July 2005 and December 2010. At each visit (n=15732) HAQ, DAS28 and EQ-5D scores were collected, while costs of anti-rheumatic drugs, healthcare use and productivity losses were calculated from 30 days before to 30 days after the visit using nationwide registers. Associations between the clinical measures and healthcare (all patients, applying individual means) and work loss costs (patients