Linking Individual Patient Data to Estimate Incidence and Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease by Comparing Reports of Neurological Services and Pharmacy Prescription Refills at a Nationwide Level

Linking Individual Patient Data to Estimate Incidence and Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease by Comparing Reports of Neurological Services and Pharmacy Prescription Refills at a Nationwide Level

Objectives: We set forth to estimate the number of those with Parkinson's disease (PD) in Hungary, a country with a single-payer health insurance system covering 10 million inhabitants.Methods: We analyzed all hospital and outpatient reports from neurological services and pharmacy reports of pr...

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Main Authors: Szabolcs Szatmári, András Ajtay, Mónika Bálint, Annamária Takáts, Ferenc Oberfrank, Dániel Bereczki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Parkinson's disease
incidence
prevalence
record linkage
Hungary
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00640/full

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