Cost of diagnosing psoriasis and rosacea for dermatologists versus primary care physicians.
Growing incentives to control health care costs may cause accountable care organizations (ACOs) to reconsider how skin disease is best managed. Limited data have suggested that disease management by a primary care physician (PCP) may be less costly than seeing a specialist, though it is not clear if the same is true for the management of skin disease. This study assessed the cost of seeing a dermatologist versus a PCP for diagnosis of psoriasis and rosacea.
Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Dane
D
Hill
Center for Dermatology Research, Departments of Dermatology, Pathology, and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Steven R
SR
Feldman
D060866:Accountable Care Organizations; D000328:Adult; D000072085:Dermatologists / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000191:economics*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D012393:Rosacea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics