Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis are Great Consumers of Healthcare Resources, Especially Young and Women: Results from the Spanish Atlas.
Marco Garrido-CumbreraEduardo Collantes-EstévezVictoria Navarro-CompánPedro Zarco-MontejoCarlos SastreJosé Correa-FernándezJordi GratacósPublished in: Rheumatology and therapy (2023)
Half of patients with axSpA used 25 or more healthcare resources during 1 year. Higher healthcare utilization was associated with younger age, female gender, greater disease activity, higher functional limitation and longer diagnostic delay. Optimal monitoring of patients with axSpA may help to reduce their healthcare utilization.