High Healthcare Utilization Preceding Diagnosis with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
In the year before diagnosis, children with JIA have significantly higher health care utilization compared to healthy peers. There are differences in the patterns of utilization in patients with Medicaid versus commercial insurance. There may be opportunities for earlier identification of JIA in primary care, orthopedics, and ED/UC.
Authors
- Anna Costello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4247-5226)
- Irit R. Rasooly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1368-534X)
- Pamela F. Weiss
- Rui Xiao
- Jahan Jazayeri
- Xuemei Zhang
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Care & Research
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.80037
- Primary Topic
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00