Improvements to exempted calculation of psoriasis are urged

The Korea Organization For Patient Group announced its position

The termination of treatment is a condition of re-enrollment?

#iThe registration for exempted calculation of severe psoriasis is just a year away.

 

Patients have pointed out the difficulties and problems of the system.

 

The point is that there are many unequal and unreasonable conditions, so the system should be improved to ensure quality before re-registration.

 

The Korea Organization For Patient Group issued a press release today (3rd) calling for new and re-registration of special cases for severe psoriasis and improvement of the system.

 

Psoriasis has been included in this list since June 2017.

 

However, the government is applying exempted calculation only for "severe injuries" rather than all psoriasis.

 

At the time, the NHIS estimated that out of a total of 1.5 million psoriasis patients, about 22,000 had severe psoriasis.

 

Four years after the application of the special calculation case, only about 4,500 patients have been registered, and patient groups have called for improvement.

 

The Korea Organization For Patient Group pointed out that compared to other immune diseases such as spondylarthritis ankylopoietica, Crohn's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, the new registration period and baseline conditions for severe psoriasis are strict, which is equivalent to about 17,500 severe psoriasis patients.

 

They also pointed out, "The fact that the existing treatment, which has been effective in treatment at the time of the five-year re-registration standard for calculation, has been set as a condition for re-registration adds to the difficult situation of psoriasis patients." This organization urged to apply the same special system for exempted calculation of severe psoriasis as ▲spondylarthritis ankylopoietica, Crohn's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis, and,▲it also urged the withdrawal of unreasonable criteria for discontinuing drugs under treatment when re-registration of special cases of calculation after 5 years.

 

The Korea Organization For Patient Group emphasized, "These standard issues have lost equity compared to other diseases, and the pain and difficult situation of patients with severe psoriasis have not been properly identified, so they must be withdrawn."