Burden, Treatment Patterns and Unmet Needs of Osteoarthritis in Dubai: a Retrospective Analysis of the Dubai Real-World Claims Database.

Jamal A Al-SalehAli A AlbelooshiAmmar A SaltiMohamed FarghalyAhmed M GhorabSreenivasulu LingaBadarinath C RamachandracharAshok NatarajanJean G Joury

Published in: Rheumatology and therapy (2021)

Osteoarthritis imposes a substantial healthcare and economic burden in the UAE. The study findings elucidate the unmet need among patients with difficult-to-treat OA and inform development of new therapeutics to alleviate their burden.

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