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From: Exploring drug cost and disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs in Norway in 2010–2019 – a country with a national tender system for prescription of costly drugs

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A and B: Number of Norwegian RA patients and treatment cost for current b/tsDMARDs users, those starting on a new b/tsDMARD for the first time (naïve), and those starting on a new b/tsDMARD not the first time (non-naïve). Note: In Fig. A the total cost is shown. Naïve = starting on a new b/tsDMARD for the first time, Non-Naïve = starting on a new b/tsDMARD not for the first time, 2020* = The 2020 tender results are applied in the 2019 population. Abbreviations: N = Number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the BioRheuma project, EUR = Euros, RA = Rheumatoid Arthritis, b/tsDMARDs = biologic and target synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs. Note: In Fig. B the mean cost to treat one patient is shown for the three groups. Naïve = starting on a new b/tsDMARD for the first time, Non-Naïve = starting on a new b/tsDMARD not for the first time, 2020* = The 2020 tender results are applied in the 2019 population. Abbreviations: N = Number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the BioRheuma project, EUR = Euros, RA = Rheumatoid Arthritis, b/tsDMARDs = biologic and target synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs

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