Cost-effectiveness and Quality of Specialized and Routine Care in a German Cohort of Patients with Chronic Pruritus.

Chronic pruritus is a prevalent interdisciplinary symptom with a strong influence on health-related quality of life. Patients need extensive diagnostics and long-term treatment. This retrospective and prospective cohort study compared routine and university-based specialized care in terms of cost-effectiveness and patient benefit.

Exploring determinants of psoriasis patients' treatment choices: a discrete-choice experiment study in the United States and Germany.

Background: Biologic psoriasis treatments are differentiated by efficacy, side effects, and other attributes.

Objective: Determine attributes of biologic psoriasis treatments that drive patients' treatment choices.

Methods: Respondents (USA:  = 300; Germany:  = 300) with moderate-to-severe psoriasis completed a discrete-choice-experiment survey, choosing between hypothetical treatments characterized by attributes with varying levels: chance of clear skin after 1 year, number of first-year treatments, first-year risks of mild-to-moderate injection site reaction (ISR) and serious infection, and years of proven efficacy/safety.