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Giacomo M Bruno,1,2 Maria Chiara Valentino,2 Alessandra Brunetti,3 Sergio Di Matteo,2 Ivan Begovic,2 Edoardo Croce,4 Garifallia Sakellariou,5 Serena Bugatti,6 Pietro Perotti,7 Silvia Vecchio,7 Simona Migliazza,7 Roberto Langella,8 Giorgio L Colombo1,2 1Department of Drug Sciences, Center of Pharmaceuticals Economics and Medical Technologies Evaluation, CEFAT.Unipv - University of Pavia at Centro di Ricerca SAVE Studi, Milano, Italy; 2S.A.V.E. Research Center - Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche, Milano, Italy; 3Research and Innovation Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 4Scientific Direction - IRCCS istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; 5Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 6Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 7U.O.C. Epidemiological Observatory – Health Protection Agency of Pavia (ATS Pavia), Pavia, Italy; 8SIFO Regional Secretariat - Società Italiana di Farmacia Ospedaliera e dei Servizi Farmaceutici delle Aziende Sanitarie, Milano, ItalyCorrespondence: Giacomo M Bruno, Department of Drug Sciences, Center of Pharmaceuticals Economics and Medical Technologies Evaluation, CEFAT.Unipv - University of Pavia at Centro di Ricerca SAVE Studi, Milano, 20149, Italy, Email giacomomatteo.bruno@unipv.itBackground: The current flows of the SSN represent the set of interest whose interconnection alone justifies the current study. These flows can be interconnected with other sources, institutional or otherwise, in order to answer well-defined questions.Objective: The objective of the study is to verify, through the analysis of administrative databases, any differences in the consumption of health resources between biological off-patent originator drugs and biosimilars in real clinical practice, with particular reference to the rheumatology area.Methods: Through the use of assisted databases (BDA) of ATS Pavia we ... |