Journal article
Dermatologic support for oncology: Quantifying the consultative services received by hospitalized oncology patients
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY, v 85(5), pp 1367-1368
Nov 2021
PMID: 33951496
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Abstract
Hospitalized oncology patients often require multidisciplinary care. Inpatient consultative dermatologists can provide expertise in the management of cutaneous complications that patients with cancer may experience. The goal of this study was to quantify the types of consults received by hospitalized oncology patients to better understand the utilization of dermatology consults in this population. Hospital billing codes were used to identify inpatient oncology patients and the types of consults they received at a single quaternary care hospital center. Between July 1, 2015, and January 31, 2020, 14,175 patients were admitted to an oncology service for more than 24 hours, and 5,243 (37%) of these patients received at least 1 consultation during their hospital admission. These patients received a total of 10,492 consults from 101 different services. Dermatology had the fifth-highest number of consults (n = 623; 5.9%). Among patients receiving consults, 608 (11.6%) received inpatient dermatology consults. Infectious disease was the service with the most consults (n = 1,485; 14.2%) and was also the service most commonly co-consulted with dermatology (n = 262; 42.1%). The inpatient consultative dermatology service is highly utilized among hospitalized oncology patients, suggesting that expertise in dermatologic care is valued by oncology teams. ( J Am Acad Dermatol 2021;85:1367-8.)
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- Title
- Dermatologic support for oncology: Quantifying the consultative services received by hospitalized oncology patients
- Publication Details
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY, v 85(5), pp 1367-1368
- Publisher
- MOSBY-ELSEVIER; NEW YORK
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000709866200082
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85108509898
- Other Identifier
- 991021860669604721
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- Dermatology