Trends in Ambulatory Health Care Usage for Adult Acne.

Autor:	Davis SA; Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA scdavis@wakehealth.edu., Huang KE; Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA., Feldman SR; Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Department of Pathology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA., Fleischer AB Jr; Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA., Huang WW; Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery [J Cutan Med Surg] 2015 Jul-Aug; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 377-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 03.
DOI:	10.1177/1203475415573775
Abstrakt:	Background: The prevalence of acne is increasing among young children but not well characterized in older patients. Objective: To determine whether ambulatory health care for adult acne is increasing and whether the average age of adult acne patients seeking care has been increasing over time. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data from the 1993-2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for acne visits in ages 25 and older. Results: Average age of adult acne patients increased by 0.13 years per year over the study period. Visits per 100,000 population declined in the 25 to 34 age group (P=.05) and did not change significantly in the 35 to 44 and 45 and older age groups. Conclusions: The hypothesis that adult acne visits are increasing was not supported, but the average age of adult acne patients seeking care has been rising. (© The Author(s) 2015.)
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