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SUBMITTER: Hsu DY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450561 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan/Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsu Derek Y DY Smith Ben B Silverberg Jonathan I JI
Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 20190101 1
Little is known about mental health (MH) emergencies in atopic dermatitis (AD) and their financial burden. We sought to determine hospitalization rates and costs of MH disorders in AD patients. We analyzed data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2002 to 2012, containing a representative 20% sample of US hospitalizations. Overall, 835 AD (1.36%) and 2,434,703 non-AD (0.75%) patients had a primary admission for an MH disorder. Atopic dermatitis patients admitted for MH disorders were more l ...[more]