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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
The current management of psoriasis and its associated resource use in the United Kingdom (UK) was investigated in this retrospective analysis of 789,300 primary care patient records. Most patients with psoriasis (94%) were managed on topical psoriasis agents only, 4% were prescribed systemic psoriasis agents and 2% had no recorded psoriasis treatment at all during the 12-month study period. Co-medications to treat physical or psychological comorbidities were required by 22% of patients. Referral rates into secondary care were low, 5% of patients prescribed systemic psoriasis agents and 0.7% of patients prescribed topical psoriasis agents had secondary care appointments documented in their medical records. This study demonstrates that most patients with psoriasis in UK primary care are managed on topical agents even though there are surrogate markers, such as resource use and co-medication prescriptions, which indicate that their psoriasis is not optimally controlled.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1368-5031
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1260-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Administration, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Child, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Dermatologic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Drug Prescriptions, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Physician's Practice Patterns, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Polypharmacy, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Primary Health Care, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Psoriasis, pubmed-meshheading:16236077-Retrospective Studies
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Current management of psoriasis in the United Kingdom: patterns of prescribing and resource use in primary care.
pubmed:affiliation
Abacus International, Bicester, Oxon, UK. samantha.gillard@abacusint.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article