Table 2.
Oral CS (N = 4063) | HTCS (N = 3908) | MTCS (N = 2029) | LTCS (N = 407) | TCI (N = 2725) | Immunosuppressants (N = 430) | |
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Number of medication claims | 1.9 (2.0) | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.4 (1.0) | 1.3 (0.9) | 1.7 (1.4) | 4.4 (3.7) |
Time to first medication claim (days) | 153.3 (108.3) | 72.8 (100.3) | 91.2 (108.8) | 93.7 (114.0) | 56.8 (89.2) | 111.6 (107.7) |
Total days supplied | 26.3 (62.0) | 37.9 (36.6) | 33.8 (29.4) | 30.0 (26.8) | 44.8 (39.9) | 185.8 (149.6) |
Number of treated days | 23.2 (48.8) | 35.8 (32.4) | 32.4 (26.7) | 28.9 (25.2) | 42.9 (36.0) | 152.2 (110.9) |
Data are mean (SD)
N = 9648 (49.9%) patients did not receive any treatment during the 12-month follow-up
CS corticosteroid, HTCS high-potency CS, LTCS low-potency CS, MTCS medium-potency CS, SD standard deviation, TCI topical calcineurin inhibitors