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Characterizing emergency department charges for hidradenitis suppurativa: a retrospective cohort study of 55,868 visits, 2015–2019

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Michael J. Diaz

  2. School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Jasmine T. Tran

  3. Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA

    Siri Palreddy

  4. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    David X. Zheng

  5. Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Kamil Taneja

  6. Cooper Medical School, Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Karan Patel

  7. Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Melissa A. Levoska

  8. Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Shari R. Lipner

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MJD, JTT, and DXZ wrote the main manuscript text and prepared Table 1. MJD, KT, and KP curated, analyzed, and validated the data. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Dr. Shari R Lipner has served as a consultant for Ortho-dermatologics, Moberg Pharmaceuticals, Hoth Therapeutics, and BelleTorus Corporation. No other authors have conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Diaz, M.J., Tran, J.T., Palreddy, S. et al. Characterizing emergency department charges for hidradenitis suppurativa: a retrospective cohort study of 55,868 visits, 2015–2019. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 2975–2977 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02714-2

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