National Trends in Hospitalizations of Atopic Dermatitis Adult Patients: A 21-Year Longitudinal United States Population-Based Study

    July 2021 in “ Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ”
    Ehizogie Edigin, Asim Kichloo, Zain El‐amir, Farah Wani, Precious Obehi Eseaton, Hafeez Shaka
    TLDR Hospitalizations for atopic dermatitis are more due to other health issues now, not the condition itself.
    This study examined hospitalization trends for adult atopic dermatitis (AD) patients in the US over 21 years, revealing an increase in hospitalizations with any AD diagnosis from 1 to 2.3 per 100,000 persons, while hospitalizations primarily for AD decreased from 11.5% to 3.7%. The comorbidity burden among AD patients rose, with Charlson Comorbidity Index scores ≥3 increasing from 10.5% to 27.8%, and hospital charges also significantly increased. There was a demographic shift with fewer hospitalized Caucasians and more Hispanic and Asian patients. The study suggested that hospitalizations were increasingly due to comorbidities rather than AD itself, highlighting the need for improved management of these comorbidities.
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