Clinical characteristics and health‐care resource utilization in patients with generalized pustular psoriasis using real‐world evidence from the Japanese Medical Data Center database

• Published in: Journal of dermatology Vol. 48; no. 11; pp. 1675 - 1687
• Main Authors: Okubo, Yukari, Kotowsky, Nirali, Gao, Ran, Saito, Kumiko, Morita, Akimichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Arthritis; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbidity; Computer centers; Demography; Dermatology; Diagnosis; disease burden; generalized pustular psoriasis; Gout; Health services utilization; Hyperuricemia; Lung diseases; Obstructive lung disease; Original; Osteoporosis; Patients; Peptic ulcers; Psoriasis; Psoriatic arthritis; Pustulosis; rare disease; real‐world evidence; Resource utilization; Rhinoconjunctivitis; Tonsillitis; Japan

Little is known about the disease burden, health‐care resource utilization (HCRU), or treatment of patients with generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) in Japan. This retrospective cohort study used data from the Japanese Medical Data Center database to compare the demographics, comorbidities, and med...