Use of health care services by patients with psoriasis: a population-based study.
Br J Dermatol
; 172(5): 1346-52, 2015.
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| ID: mdl-25292016
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although psoriasis is seldom life threatening, very few studies have compared differences in health care service use between patients with and without psoriasis.OBJECTIVES:
To investigate differences in health care service use between patients with and without psoriasis.METHODS:
Patient details and data on their use of health services were retrieved from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. We included 3649 patients with psoriasis and 3649 without it. Each patient was followed for a 1-year period to estimate their utilization of health care resources. Student t-tests were used to compare differences in health care services use between patients with and without psoriasis.RESULTS:
For dermatology services, patients with psoriasis had significantly more outpatient visits (3·5 vs. 0·9), and higher outpatient and total costs (US$148·00 vs. US$12·20 and US$581·60 vs. US$347·20, respectively) than those without psoriasis. For nondermatology services, patients with psoriasis had more outpatient visits (21·3 vs. 17·6), and higher outpatient and total costs (US$904·60 vs. US$663·50 and US$1335·50 vs. US$998·30, respectively) than those without psoriasis. For overall health care service use, patients with psoriasis had significantly more outpatient visits (24·8 vs. 18·5; P < 0·01) and greater total costs (US$1917·10 vs. US$1345·60; P < 0·01) than those without psoriasis. This indicates that the total cost was about 1·4-fold greater for patients with psoriasis than those without it.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients with psoriasis used health care services significantly more often than those without psoriasis.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psoríase
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Dermatol
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Taiwan