A new study published in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology reports results of a teen survey and finds that teens would pay about $275 to have never had acne. Researchers also found that adolescents said that they would be willing to pay more be free of acne than to have half of their acne cleared or to have clear skin with acne scars. With the teens’ responses to the time trade-off questions, the researchers calculated current acne state utility scores by dividing the participants’ reduced life expectancy in years without acne by his or her life expectancy in years with acne. Parents had somewhat similar responses to the willingness-to-pay analysis, indicating a median of $250 for their child to never have had acne, $100 for 100%, $100 for 50%, and zero dollars for 100% clearance with scarring. As expected, teens who believe their acne is more severe are willing to trade more time and money for acne clearance than those who rate their acne as less severe. Thus, adolescents’ marked preference for total clearance over partial (50 percent) clearance or clearance with scarring suggests that physicians must weigh high patient expectations against these clinical data regarding efficacy and risk of sequelae. read more
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