Table II.
Proportion of patients with no primary care visits within 12 months of their initial dermatology encounter
| Patients with no primary care visits, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psoriasis |
Hidradenitis suppurativa |
Acne |
Alopecia areata |
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| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Overall | 7236 (21.6) | 6469 (16.9) | 355 (28.1) | 912 (22.0) | 20,485 (27.1) | 42,742 (26.2) | 1277 (31.2) | 1308 (19.2) |
| <20 years | 243 (20.5) | 293 (18.4) | 31 (27.7) | 127 (24.4) | 10,163 (23.8) | 11,713 (20.8) | 105 (16.3) | 115 (14.0) |
| 21-30 years | 934 (48.3) | 830 (38.2) | 95 (41.5) | 263 (32.1) | 5294 (45.5) | 13,382 (38.7) | 372 (49.1) | 240 (37.5) |
| 31-40 years | 1598 (40.5) | 1320 (33.3) | 114 (38.1) | 268 (26.9) | 2553 (37.3) | 9551 (33.0) | 421 (39.1) | 310 (30.6) |
| 41-50 years | 1589 (31.3) | 1313 (26.0) | 65 (30.2) | 142 (19.8) | 1246 (27.9) | 5027 (26.2) | 237 (32.6) | 274 (24.1) |
| >50 years | 2872 (13.4) | 2713 (10.6) | 50 (12.3) | 112 (10.3) | 1229 (12.4) | 3069 (12.9) | 142 (16.1) | 369 (11.5) |