Figures & data
Table 1. Adjusted ACR responses, constant withdrawal rates, HAQ drops, and HAQ progressions together with their probabilistic distributions.
Table 2. Resource use and costs (healthcare unit costs at 2010 values; drug costs at 9/2011 values).
Table 3. Base-case simulation results.
Table 4. Deterministic sensitivity analyses.
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