TABLE 3.

Indirect Cost of Atopic Dermatitis Due to Work Loss Among Adult Patients in the 2018 Cohort

	Adult AD cohort (n = 31,164)	Adult control cohort (n = 93,492)	Incremental difference	P value
Patients with absence eligibility, n (%)	726 (2.3)	2,407 (2.6)	−0.2%	0.02
Patients with an absence claim, n (%)	581 (80.0)	1,817 (75.5)	4.5%	0.01
Indirect costs, mean (SD)	$6,323 ($4,226)	$6,037 ($4,681)	$286	0.14
Patients with short-term disability eligibility, n (%)	4,936 (15.8)	14,491 (15.4)	0.4%	0.07
Patients with a short-term disability claim, n (%)	291 (5.9)	672 (4.7)	1.2%	< 0.001
Indirect costs, mean (SD)	$360 ($2,266)	$276 ($1,860)	$84	0.01
Patients with workers’ compensation eligibility, n (%)	3,201 (10.3)	9,766 (10.4)	−0.1%	0.39
Patients with a workers’ compensation claim, n (%)	26 (0.8)	68 (0.7)	0.1%	0.5
Indirect costs, mean (SD)	$104 ($1,670)	$89 ($1,472)	$15	0.63

Note: Costs are in 2018 US dollars.

AD = atopic dermatitis.