Reports Summarize Behcet Disease Findings from Catholic University (The prevalence of Behcet’s disease in Korea: data from the Health Insurance…

Reports Summarize Behcet Disease Findings from Catholic University (The prevalence of Behcet's disease in Korea: data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service from 2011 to 2015)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators publish new report on Autoimmune Diseases and Conditions - Behcet Disease. According to news originating from Daegu, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of Behcet's disease (BD) from data in the Healthcare Bigdata Hub of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment (HIRA) Service from 2011 to 2015 in Korea. This study collected information on primary and auxiliary diagnoses of BD (M352) by physicians according to the Korean Standard Classification of Diseases (KCD) codes."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Catholic University, "The prevalence of BD was assessed on the basis of age, sex, and geographical distribution. We used time series analysis, using the ARIMA model for the expected prevalence of BD from 2016 to 2025. The overall prevalence of BD was gradually increased, ranging from 32.8 to 35.7 per 100,000 population over the study period. The male to female ratio of BD ranged from 0.54:1 to 0.56:1, revealing a female predominance from 2011 to 2015. Among five districts in Korea, the prevalence in the Seoul Metropolitan district was the highest, with a slowly increasing trend for the study period, accounting for about 60.3% of total BD patients. The expected prevalence of BD patients was estimated to range from 36.9 (95% CI 35.0-39.0) to 44.7 (95% CI 40.2-49.6) between 2016 and 2025."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "This study found that the overall prevalence of BD is estimated to be approximately 35.0 per 100,000 population, with female predominance, and predicts gradually increased prevalence of BD in Korea."

For more information on this research see: The prevalence of Behcet's disease in Korea: data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service from 2011 to 2015. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 2017;35(6):S38-S42. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology can be contacted at: Clinical & Exper Rheumatology, Via Santa Maria 31, 56126 Pisa, Italy (see also Autoimmune Diseases and Conditions - Behcet Disease).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from S.K. Kim, Catholic Univ, Daegu Sch Med, Arthrit & Autoimmun Res Center, Dept. of Internal MedDiv Rheumatol, Daegu 42472, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include S.G. Kwak, J.Y. Choe and J.N. Kim.

Keywords for this news article include: Daegu, South Korea, Asia, Autoimmune Diseases and Conditions, Health and Medicine, Health Insurance, Behcet Disease, Rheumatology, Asia, Catholic University.

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