Rosacea Diagnosis and Prescription Patterns in Underrepresented Groups: an All of Us Database Analysis

Race and other sociodemographic factors may affect rosacea diagnosis and treatment patterns, but few US studies aim to quantify these differences. 1 Al-Dabagh A. Davis S.A. McMichael A.J. Feldman S.R. Rosacea in skin of color: not a rare diagnosis. Dermatol Online J. 2014; 20https://doi.org/10.5070/D32010024262 Crossref Google Scholar , 2 Alexis A.F. Callender V.D. Baldwin H.E. Desai S.R. Rendon M.I. Taylor S.C. Global epidemiology and clinical spectrum of rosacea, highlighting skin of color: review and clinical practice experience. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019; 80: 1722-1729.e7https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.08.049 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (84) Google Scholar , 3 Singam V. Rastogi S. Patel K.R. Lee H.H. Silverberg J.I. The mental health burden in acne vulgaris and rosacea: an analysis of the US National Inpatient Sample. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2019; 44: 766-772https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.13919 Crossref PubMed Scopus (29) Google Scholar We aimed to investigate these factors using one of the largest samples of people of color with rosacea studied to date.