Rheumatoid Arthritis

For total earnings losses, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $13,886 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the estimated 900,000 persons in the workforce with rheumatoid arthritis in the United States averaged $12.3 billion per year in 2008 to 2011.

For incremental medical expenditures, mean per-person earnings losses attributed to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $8,684 per year in 2008 to 2011. Aggregate earnings losses for the United States due to rheumatoid arthritis averaged $7.7 billion in each of the years from 2008 to 2011.

Combining direct and indirect costs for rheumatoid arthritis sums to total costs of $30 billion, with incremental costs of $14.4 billion. (Reference Table 10.13 PDF [1] CSV [2])