Health services in older psoriasis patients before and after nursing home admission : A retrospective analysis of health insurance data.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Demographic change confers significance to healthcare management of chronic diseases like psoriasis. There are few studies on the care of older people with psoriasis, particularly for the nursing home setting. It was investigated whether the number of psoriasis patients with specialist contact changes before vs. after nursing home admission.

Material and methods

We analyzed claims data of a German health insurance company including a cohort of newly admitted nursing home residents aged 65 years and older between 2011 and 2014, who received a diagnosis of psoriasis 1 year before nursing home admission. Outpatient care was compared between the years before vs. after nursing home admission. We conducted a multivariate regression analysis for identifying

SUBMITTER: Petersen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature