Gee, I wonder why....
http://goo.gl/nrPObEResearchers who have examined if patients of varying ages have the same access to the most efficient psoriasis treatment, found that an age increase of 30 years resulted in an average 65 per cent reduction in likelihood of obtaining treatment with biologics. The study is described in an article published in the British Journal of Dermatology.
A group of researchers led by Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf at Umeå University has, in a cohort study, investigated the effects of ageing in terms of access to modern pharmaceuticals in psoriasis healthcare. The study, which is the first of its kind, found that elderly patients have reduced access to the relatively new treatment of psoriasis using biologics. Biologics are medications that either target T-cells or block immune system protein and is more efficient but also more expensive than the corresponding, conventional and systematic treatment. The study shows that the patient's access to this treatment method was reduced with every year of ageing.