@inproceedings{b3f4a0de56a645869cc491424e14dbae,
title = "Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Influenza Prevention",
abstract = "The aim of this study was to assess whether long-term administration of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is protective from influenza in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Using a propensity score-matched design, patients who were prescribed HCQ for more than 10 months were matched with patients of the same gender, age group, and Charlson Comorbidity Index score who did not receive HCQ. A logistic regression model was used to estimate the association between the HCQ exposure and influenza after adjusting for covariates. We found no evidence that long-term HCQ exposure can provide a protective effect against influenza during an influenza season.",
keywords = "Hydroxychloroquine, MarketScan, case-control design, influenza",
author = "Xingyue Huo and Joseph Finkelstein",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The authors and IOS Press.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.3233/SHTI220733",
language = "English",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press BV",
pages = "343--344",
editor = "John Mantas and Parisis Gallos and Emmanouil Zoulias and Arie Hasman and Househ, {Mowafa S.} and Marianna Diomidous and Joseph Liaskos and Martha Charalampidou",
booktitle = "Advances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare",
address = "Netherlands",
}