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Financial burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in India: prevalence and predictors of catastrophic health expenditure in a multicentre cross-sectional study

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Published Online: 2025-11-06

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Shobha, Vineeta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5271-0766
Kishor, Kriti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1124-2836
Gera, Chanchal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4773-3052
Nayana, V. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6799-8877
Ramteke, Smruti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3316-7088
Kayidhi, Sunitha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5527-2546
Shukla, Anuj https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-6763
Patel, Namisha https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5993-1553
Subramanian, Ramaswamy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-7271
Mahabaleshwar, Mamadapur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7421-2418
Jain, Avinash https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-4509
Singh, Aradhana https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5814-5172
Goel, Anshul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-3793
Nallasivan, Subramanian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-0518
Baliga, Sahana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-747X
Malviya, Sourabh https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7771-8629
Selvam, Sumithra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-267X
Aggarwal, Amita https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-5186
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Article History

Received: 24 July 2025

Accepted: 6 October 2025

First Online: 6 November 2025

Declarations

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: Ethics approval was obtained from respective ethics committees: Institutional Ethics Committee, St. John’s Medical College & Hospital. IEC Ref No.- 121/2023 dated 03-07-2023 in accordance with STROBE guidelines for reporting. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants at the time of recruitment.

: Part of this manuscript has been presented at EULAR 2024. Shobha, V. & Jain, A. & Shukla, A. & V, N. & Patel, N. & Doshi, M. & Kayidhi, S. & Ramteke, S. & Subramanian, R. & Mamadapur, Mahabaleshwar & Goel, A. & Gera, C. & Nallasivan, S. & Selvam, S. & Aggarwal, A. (2024). POS0177-PARE Cost of illness in Systemic lupus erythematosus - A multicentric analysis from the SLE special interest group (SIG) of the Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA). Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 83. 517.1–518. .

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

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