Hidradenitis suppurativa encounters in a national electronic health record database notable for low dermatology utilization, infrequent biologic prescriptions, and frequent opiate prescriptions

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 May;82(5):1239-1241. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.12.030. Epub 2019 Dec 20.

Authors

Mackenzie R Wehner¹, Robert Micheletti¹, Megan H Noe¹, Eleni Linos², David J Margolis¹, Haley B Naik³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Department of Dermatology, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco. Electronic address: [email protected].

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Biological Products / therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual / statistics & numerical data
Dermatology / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hidradenitis Suppurativa / drug therapy*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Opiate Alkaloids / therapeutic use
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
United States
Young Adult

Substances

Biological Products
Opiate Alkaloids

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