A major new report shows the growing multi-billion dollar costs of arthritis to the economy, individuals and to the healthcare system and how relatively small investments could yield savings of more than $170 million a year. Key findings of the report include: • There are 3.9 million Australians with arthritis and this will grow to...

The strategy outlined in this document provides a road map for improving care across Australia for people with arthritis and aims to reduce the costs to society of arthritis related diseases. The strategy is supported by three additional documents which respectively address the care of people with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Time...

Voice of Arthritis 2011 was a community based survey which recruited a representative sample of over 1000 people with arthritis across Australia. The purpose was to find out how arthritis affected people at home and at work and what factors were associated with good or poor outcomes. Analysis of the results gathered revealed three distinct...