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The cost of hospital‐related care of patients with psoriasis in Italy based on the AISP study
Author(s) -
Finzi AF,
Mantovani LG,
Belisari A
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.0926-9959.2001.00256.x
Subject(s) - medicine , euros , psoriasis , emergency medicine , plaque psoriasis , dermatology , philosophy , humanities
The objective of this study was to assess the cost of caring for patients with psoriasis in Italy according to the AISP study (Associazione Italiana Studi Psoriasi or Italian Association for Studies on Psoriasis), involving 104 university and hospital centres and 7992 patients in 1994. The mean yearly cost of care for a single patient was calculated at 905 Euros. Hospitalization accounted for more than four‐fifths of the costs, therapy for about one‐eighth (systemic therapies were the most expensive) and office visits and day hospitals for the remainder. In our study series less than 20% of patients accounted for more than 90% of the total costs.