title: A review of health outcomes in patients with psoriasis.
abstract: Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin condition, is a complex disease in terms of its significant comorbidities and impact on patients' quality of life. The objective of this article is to elucidate the health outcomes of the disease, including its economic and psychosocial burden on the patient. Current treatments options and the economic considerations of treatment costs are reviewed. Psoriasis is a multidimensional disease, so patients benefit from having a multidisciplinary team of dermatologists and other physicians for management of it and of associated comorbid conditions.
authors: Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis Health System, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA.
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Li
authors: April W
authors: AW
authors: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003880:Dermatology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015995:Prevalence; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology