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This unique period of limited availability of secukinumab allowed the evaluation of who received it and health equity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Anonymised dispensing data were obtained from the New Zealand Ministry of Health and matched with the New Zealand deprivation index, ethnicity and census data.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared to the most socio\u2010economically deprived, the least deprived were significantly more likely to receive secukinumab, respectively, dispensing rates per 100,000 (95% confidence interval) 4.00 (3.29\u20134.71) and 6.56 (5.61\u20137.51) <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001. 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