Economic Burden of Palmoplantar Pustulosis in Sweden: A Population-based Register Study

Autor:	Sofia Löfvendahl, Jenny M. Norlin, Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	palmoplantar pustulosis healthcare resource use economic burden healthcare register population-based epidemiology Dermatology RL1-803
Zdroj:	Acta Dermato-Venereologica, Vol 103 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0001-5555 1651-2057
DOI:	10.2340/actadv.v103.4501
Popis:	The aim of this study was to estimate the economic burden of palmoplantar pustulosis, a chronic relapsing skin condition commonly occurring in combination with psoriasis vulgaris. Using data from the Swedish National Patient Register and Swedish Prescribed Drug Register for 2015, the study estimated all-cause and palmoplantar pustulosis-specific healthcare resource use (inpatient stays, physician visits and drug use) for 14,715 patients with palmoplantar pustulosis, and compared these both with matched controls from the general population and with patients with psoriasis vulgaris (without palmoplantar pustulosis). Mean annual direct costs for a patient with palmoplantar pustulosis was higher compared with costs for the general population (3,000 vs 1,700 Euro, p
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