Healthcare Use Among Psoriasis Patients: A Population-Based Study of Emergency Department and Inpatient Care

The burden associated with generalized pustular psoriasis: A Canadian population-based study of inpatient care, emergency departments, and hospital- or community-based outpatient clinics

“…Although comparisons with other studies may be difficult due to differences in design, data availability, and health care settings, our results are aligned with the emerging literature on the burden of GPP. The prevalence rates found in our study based on Canadian hospitalizations or visits to the ED or hospital-/community-based outpatient clinics (2.8-5.4 per million individuals) are similar to those derived from a study conducted in the same country (province of Ontario only) 12 and a survey of a hospital dermatologic unit in France (1.8 per million individuals). 4 Higher prevalence rates (7.5 to 122 per million habitants) have been reported in studies having access to physician data to identify patients with GPP.…”

“…A recent population-based study of ED and inpatient care from the province of Ontario in Canada (13.6 million habitants) identified 215 ED visits and 75 hospitalizations of patients with GPP over a 10-year period. 12 However, this Canadian study was limited as it did not provide any other information on the characteristics of these ED visits and hospitalizations (eg, length of stay and costs). To better inform Canadian patients, physicians, and health care administrators as well as to contribute new information to the existing literature, the objective of this study was to determine the burden of GPP in Canada among patients with GPP seen in Canadian hospitals, EDs, and hospital-/community-based outpatient clinics and to compare with that of patients with PV.…”