The national burden of inpatient dermatology in adults

Background Management of inpatient skin disease represents a unique subspecialty within dermatology. Objective To assess the national burden of inpatient dermatology in adults. Methods Using the 2014 National Inpatient Sample, we performed a retrospective cohort study of adults hospitalized for dermatologic conditions. Results In 2014, there were 644,320 weighted hospitalizations principally for skin disease in adults, which cost the health care...