Doctors’ preferences in de-escalating DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis: a discrete choice experiment

Abstract Background Current guidelines suggest reduction of DMARDs can be considered in RA patients in remission. Objectives were (1) to estimate the relative importance of patient characteristics rheumatologists consider in their decision to de-escalate (2) to assess whether heterogeneity exists am...

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Main Authors: T. Martijn Kuijper, Riëtte Folmer, Elly A. Stolk, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Jolanda J. Luime
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-017-1287-z