Research Article

Direct Healthcare Costs Associated with Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at a Single Center

Table 4

Annual direct mean costs based on patient characteristics (via Wilcox rank sum test).

Cost per patient value

ANA0.02
 ANA positive
 ANA negative
Gender0.49
 Female
 Male
Intra-articular steroids0.82
 Received
 Not received
Oligoarticular JIA subtype0.04
 Persistent
 Extended
Uveitis0.19
 Diagnosis of uveitis
 No diagnosis of uveitis
Infusions0.0007
 Infusions received
 No infusions