Rare diseases in China: analysis of 2014-2015 hospitalization summary reports for 281 rare diseases from 96 tertiary hospitals.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There are many public health issues to resolve regarding rare diseases, including a lack of data from large-scale studies. The objective of this study was to explore fundamental data for a list of rare diseases in China, based on a hospitalization summary reports (HSRs) database. The Target Rare Diseases List (TRDL) 2017 was generated using an expert consensus method in which experts listed diseases according to research priorities. Using codes of the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) and key search terms of rare diseases in English and Chinese, data were obtained from HSRs of 96 hospitals, covering a population of over 15 million in China from 2014 to 2015. We extracted and analyzed information on demo

SUBMITTER: Shi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6604331 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature