Decline in work disability caused by early rheumatoid arthritis – results from a nationwide Finnish register, 2000-8



: results from a nationwide Finnish register, 2000-8

: Rantalaiho VM, Kautiainen H, Jarvenpaa S, Virta L, Pohjolainen T, Korpela M, Mottonen T, Puolakka K

Publisher: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

: 2013

 Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

: ANN RHEUM DIS

: 5

: 72

: 5

: 672

: 677

: 6

: 0003-4967

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200701


Conclusions Since 2000 the frequency of continuous WD in early RA has declined in Finland. The present data allow no explanatory analysis but, at the same time, increasingly active treatment strategies have been introduced.



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