Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark

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Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark. / Saetterstrøm, Bjørn; Olsen, Jens; Johansen, Jeanne Duus.

In: Contact Dermatitis, Vol. 71, No. 3, 09.2014, p. 154-161.

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Saetterstrøm, B, Olsen, J & Johansen, JD 2014, 'Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark', Contact Dermatitis, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/cod.12231

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Saetterstrøm, B., Olsen, J., & Johansen, J. D. (2014). Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark. Contact Dermatitis, 71(3), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/cod.12231

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Saetterstrøm B, Olsen J, Johansen JD. Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark. Contact Dermatitis. 2014 Sep;71(3):154-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/cod.12231

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Saetterstrøm, Bjørn ; Olsen, Jens ; Johansen, Jeanne Duus. / Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark. In: Contact Dermatitis. 2014 ; Vol. 71, No. 3. pp. 154-161.

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title = "Cost-of-illness of patients with contact dermatitis in Denmark",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Contact dermatitis is a frequent occupational and non-occupational skin disease.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of contact dermatitis on labour market affiliation and societal costs in terms of healthcare costs and production loss.METHODS: A total of 21 441 patients patch tested either in hospital departments or at dermatological clinics in the period 2004-2009 were included in the study. The analyses were stratified by children (age 0-15 years), occupational contact dermatitis (age 16-65 years), and non-occupational dermatitis (age ≥ 16 years). Controls were selected from a 30% random sample of the population. Individual encrypted data were retrieved on healthcare utilization, socio-demographics, education, labour market affiliation and transfer payments from public registers in Denmark for cases and controls.RESULTS: Attributable healthcare costs for 4 years prior to patch testing (1 year for children) and the year after patch testing were €959 for children, €724 for occupational contact dermatitis, and €1794 for non-occupational dermatitis. Productivity costs for the same period were €10 722 for occupational contact dermatitis and €3074 for non-occupational contact dermatitis.CONCLUSIONS: The main findings of this study were that there were statistically significant attributable healthcare costs for both children and adults, and statistically significant productivity loss for adults.",
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AU - Saetterstrøm, Bjørn

AU - Olsen, Jens

AU - Johansen, Jeanne Duus

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Contact dermatitis is a frequent occupational and non-occupational skin disease.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of contact dermatitis on labour market affiliation and societal costs in terms of healthcare costs and production loss.METHODS: A total of 21 441 patients patch tested either in hospital departments or at dermatological clinics in the period 2004-2009 were included in the study. The analyses were stratified by children (age 0-15 years), occupational contact dermatitis (age 16-65 years), and non-occupational dermatitis (age ≥ 16 years). Controls were selected from a 30% random sample of the population. Individual encrypted data were retrieved on healthcare utilization, socio-demographics, education, labour market affiliation and transfer payments from public registers in Denmark for cases and controls.RESULTS: Attributable healthcare costs for 4 years prior to patch testing (1 year for children) and the year after patch testing were €959 for children, €724 for occupational contact dermatitis, and €1794 for non-occupational dermatitis. Productivity costs for the same period were €10 722 for occupational contact dermatitis and €3074 for non-occupational contact dermatitis.CONCLUSIONS: The main findings of this study were that there were statistically significant attributable healthcare costs for both children and adults, and statistically significant productivity loss for adults.

AB - BACKGROUND: Contact dermatitis is a frequent occupational and non-occupational skin disease.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of contact dermatitis on labour market affiliation and societal costs in terms of healthcare costs and production loss.METHODS: A total of 21 441 patients patch tested either in hospital departments or at dermatological clinics in the period 2004-2009 were included in the study. The analyses were stratified by children (age 0-15 years), occupational contact dermatitis (age 16-65 years), and non-occupational dermatitis (age ≥ 16 years). Controls were selected from a 30% random sample of the population. Individual encrypted data were retrieved on healthcare utilization, socio-demographics, education, labour market affiliation and transfer payments from public registers in Denmark for cases and controls.RESULTS: Attributable healthcare costs for 4 years prior to patch testing (1 year for children) and the year after patch testing were €959 for children, €724 for occupational contact dermatitis, and €1794 for non-occupational dermatitis. Productivity costs for the same period were €10 722 for occupational contact dermatitis and €3074 for non-occupational contact dermatitis.CONCLUSIONS: The main findings of this study were that there were statistically significant attributable healthcare costs for both children and adults, and statistically significant productivity loss for adults.

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KW - Aged

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KW - Child, Preschool

KW - Cost of Illness

KW - Denmark

KW - Dermatitis, Allergic Contact

KW - Dermatitis, Occupational

KW - Female

KW - Health Care Costs

KW - Humans

KW - Incidence

KW - Infant

KW - Infant, Newborn

KW - Male

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