Economic considerations and patients' preferences affect treatment selection for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a discrete choice experiment among European rheumatologists.

M HifingerM HiligsmannJosef S SmolenV WatsonJ L SeverensB FautrelT UhligR van VollenhovenP JacquesJ DetertJ Canas da SilvaC A ScirèF BergheaLoreto CarmonaM PéntekA KeatA Boonen

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2016)

Overall, European rheumatologists are willing to trade between treatment efficacy, patients' treatment preferences and economic considerations. However, the degree of trade-off differs between countries and among individuals.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
decision making