Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to investigate the epidemiology of the idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Germany. METHODS: The database of the nationwide Barmer Health Insurance was queried for specific combinations of corresponding International Classification of Diseases,...

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Autores principales: Lemcke, Johannes, Stengel, Dirk, Stockhammer, Florian, Güthoff, Claas, Rohde, Veit, Meier, Ullrich
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Publicado: Bentham Open 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330575
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874205X01610010015
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author Lemcke, Johannes
Stengel, Dirk
Stockhammer, Florian
Güthoff, Claas
Rohde, Veit
Meier, Ullrich
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Meier, Ullrich
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description BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to investigate the epidemiology of the idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Germany. METHODS: The database of the nationwide Barmer Health Insurance was queried for specific combinations of corresponding International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes and OPS codes (German modification of the ICPM and official classification of surgical procedures) in order to assess the number of patients treated for iNPH and the number surgical procedures associated with the disease in a 10 years period between 2003 and 2012. RESULTS: Between 2003 and 2012, the incidence of iNPH increased from zero to 1.36/100.000/year. CONCLUSION: This is the first population-based epidemiologic study on iNPH in Germany covering a ten year period.
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spelling pubmed-48919842016-06-17 Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany Lemcke, Johannes Stengel, Dirk Stockhammer, Florian Güthoff, Claas Rohde, Veit Meier, Ullrich Open Neurol J Article BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to investigate the epidemiology of the idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in Germany. METHODS: The database of the nationwide Barmer Health Insurance was queried for specific combinations of corresponding International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes and OPS codes (German modification of the ICPM and official classification of surgical procedures) in order to assess the number of patients treated for iNPH and the number surgical procedures associated with the disease in a 10 years period between 2003 and 2012. RESULTS: Between 2003 and 2012, the incidence of iNPH increased from zero to 1.36/100.000/year. CONCLUSION: This is the first population-based epidemiologic study on iNPH in Germany covering a ten year period. Bentham Open 2016-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4891984/ /pubmed/27330575 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874205X01610010015 Text en © Lemcke et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title_full Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title_fullStr Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title_full_unstemmed Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title_short Nationwide Incidence of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Assessed by Insurance Claim Data in Germany
title_sort nationwide incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus (nph) assessed by insurance claim data in germany
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4891984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330575
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874205X01610010015
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