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Anita Satyaprakash, BS; Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD; Fabian T. Camacho, MS; Sujata S. Jayawant, MS; Alan B. Fleischer Jr, MD; Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(12):1591-1592.

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Most patients with skin disease do not see a dermatologist.¹ In an effort to better meet patients' needs, there is growing use of physician assistants in dermatology.² The quality of dermatologic care offered by physician assistants is not well characterized. Our group has used clotrimazole-betamethasone dipropionate prescribing behavior as a measure of the quality of dermatologic services provided by practitioners in different specialties.^3-4 Herein, to assess the quality of dermatologic care provided by physician assistants, we analyze clotrimazole-betamethasone prescribing behavior of 4 practitioner groups: dermatologists, dermatology physician assistants, primary care providers, and primary care physician assistants.

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Data on the use of the combination antifungal agent clotrimazole-betamethasone were obtained from the 1995-2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey⁵ and analyzed as previously described.^3-4 First, we identified the 5 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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