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Trends in Ambulatory Health Care Usage for Adult Acne
Scott A Davis1, Karen E Huang2, Steven R Feldman3
1Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA scdavis@wakehealth.edu.
Background:
The prevalence of acne is increasing among young children but not well characterized in older patients.
Objective:
To determine whether ambulatory health care for adult acne is increasing and whether the average age of adult acne patients seeking care has been increasing over time.
Methods:
We performed a retrospective analysis of data from the 1993-2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for acne visits in ages 25 and older.
Results:
Average age of adult acne patients increased by 0.13 years per year over the study period. Visits per 100,000 population declined in the 25 to 34 age group (P=.05) and did not change significantly in the 35 to 44 and 45 and older age groups.
Conclusions:
The hypothesis that adult acne visits are increasing was not supported, but the average age of adult acne patients seeking care has been rising.
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