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Study Finds Racial Disparities in Dermatology Care for Children at US Hospitals

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19d ago· 3 min readenNews

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This cross-sectional study analyzed electronic health records of 536,776 children across 8 US children's hospitals to examine how pediatric skin disease frequencies and dermatology care utilization vary by race and ethnicity. Key findings indicate that Black children had a low proportion of dermatology use for conditions such as atopic dermatitis (AD), acne, psoriasis, and infantile hemangiomas, despite these conditions being prevalent in this population. The study highlights racial and ethnic disparities in dermatology care access and utilization among children in the US.

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Black children had a low proportion of dermatology use for atopic dermatitis (AD), acne, psoriasis, infantile hemangiomas

In this cross-sectional study of electronic health records of 536 776 children with 1 or more dermatology clinic visit or 2 or more non–dermatology clinic visits

How do the frequencies of pediatric skin diseases and proportions of children using dermatology care at 8 US children's hospitals participating in a clinical research learning health system vary by race and ethnicity?

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This cross-sectional study reports on how frequencies of children who used dermatology care at US children’s hospitals varied by race and ethnicity.

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