Agreement of Administrative Pharmacy Dispensing With Self‐Reported Use of Oral Prednisone in <scp>US</scp> Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Algorithms derived from VA claims detecting prednisone prescriptions have high validity compared to patient self-report. The modest sensitivity of these algorithms may reflect stockpiling and non-VA prescriptions. These findings form a basis for contextualizing real-world studies of glucocorticoid use in RA and improve clinical estimation of glucocorticoid use not captured in claims.
Authors
- Tawnie Braaten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9121-8958)
- Katherine D. Wysham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-7649)
- Isaac D. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3313-4825)
- Gail S. Kerr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-3235)
- Punyasha Roul
- Gary A. Kunkel
- Joshua F. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0799-7563)
- Michael George (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0398-2308)
- Beth Wallace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-1427)
- Brian C. Sauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-3051)
- Paul A. Monach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4937-0515)
- Ted R. Mikuls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-2272)
- Bryant R. England (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9649-3588)
- Liron Caplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2799-3036)
- Grant W. Cannon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-9173)
- Jorge Rojas
- Hannah F. Brubeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1964-5318)
Institutions
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Howard University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System (US)
- Denver VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (US)
- Michigan United (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- Philadelphia VA Medical Center (US)
- Regional Medical Center (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- Duke University Health System (US)
- Washington DC VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System (US)
- Rocky Mountain MS Center (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25580
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Rheumatology Research Foundation
- Duke University
- National Institutes of Health