Real-world care patterns and specialist encounters of patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease-related interstitial lung disease in the United States: a retrospective administrative claims database analysis

CONCLUSION: The study highlights the complex diagnostic journey of patients with SARD-ILD. Findings suggest a multidisciplinary approach involving pulmonologists and rheumatologists could enable timely ILD diagnosis and should be considered for more effective diagnosis and management of SARD-ILD.