Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in US Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older: incidence, prevalence, and survival, 2001–11

Summary Background Published data for the epidemiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the USA are scarce. We sought to estimate the incidence, prevalence, and mortality risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis among US Medicare beneficiaries. Methods We used administrative claims from a 5% random...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The lancet respiratory medicine 2014-07, Vol.2 (7), p.566-572
Hauptverfasser:	Raghu, Ganesh, Prof, Chen, Shih-Yin, PhD, Yeh, Wei-Shi, PhD, Maroni, Brad, MD, Li, Qian, PhD, Lee, Yuan-Chi, MS, Collard, Harold R, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - epidemiology Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - mortality Incidence Male Medicare - statistics & numerical data Prevalence Pulmonary/Respiratory Sex Factors Survival Rate United States - epidemiology
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