Table 1 Key figures in the seven countries
From: Opportunities and challenges in rheumatology research in Central Europe
Austria | Croatia | Czech Republic | Hungary | Poland | Slovakia | Slovenia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (millions) | 8.3 | 4.4 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 38.5 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
GDP per capita (IMF, 2016, Int$) | 47,800 | 22,400 | 33,200 | 27,200 | 27,700 | 31,200 | 32,000 |
No. of rheumatologists | 324 | 47 | 350 | 800 | ̴ 1300 | 71 | 21 |
No. of rheumatology departments/hospitals | 10/2 | 18 | 12 | 31 | 75 | 1+ *** | 7 |
No. arthritis patients on biologics | N/A | 1800 | 5700 | 8500 | ̴ 8000 | 2200 | 2200 |
No. of research centres (with international publications) | 20 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
No. of research groups | 20 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
Main research topics | • Several clinical trials in arthritides, SLE, etc • EULAR-related activities, recommendations • Registries (BIOREG), databases, biobanking • Autoantibodies • Bone/osteoimmunology • Experimental arthritis • Experimental lupus • Outcomes research (RA, PsA, SLE, OA) • Scleroderma • Ultrasonography • Osteoarthritis • Psoriatic arthritis • PMR • Health services research | • Epidemiology of SLE • Cardiovascular comorbidities • SpA • Systemic sclerosis • Osteoporosis • Osteoclast progenitors • JIA biomarkers | • Inflammatory myopathies • Biomarkers • SpA • Systemic sclerosis • Early arthritis • Osteoporosis • Urate transporters • miRNA • JIA • Registries | • Comorbidities (CV, malignancies) • RA • Systemic sclerosis • SpA • Osteoporosis • Urate transporters • Ultrasonography • Genomics • SLE • Sjögren’s • Myositis • MCTD • T and B cell subsets • Arthritis models | • RA • Pregnancy • Systemic sclerosis • Stem cell transplantation • Ultrasonography • GCA • Fibromyalgia • Immunopathology • SpA • Ped. rheumatology • Osteoporosis | • Alkaptonuria • Corticosteroids in the elderly • Hyperprolactinemia • PET-CT in vasculitis • Autoinflammatory syndromes • SLE • Osteoporosis | • Atherosclerosis in RA • Sjögren's sindrome • Vasculitis, • Adherence to treatment • Antiphospholipid syndrome |
Number of publications with IF (2012–2016) | 278* | 90 | 250 | 315 | 663 | 55 | 21 |
National journal | Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie (Germany) | Reumatizam | Czech Rheumatology | Magyar Reumatológia (Hungarian Rheumatology) | Reumatologia (Rheumatology) (bimonthly; in English) Forum Reumatologiczne (quarterly; in Polish) | Rheumatologia | None |
No. of PhD theses in rheumatology | 4** | 10 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
No. of research grants awarded | 16 | 8 | 17 | 43 | N/A | 3 | 0 |