Incidence and Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in a Large U.S. Managed Care Health Plan, 2008-2015.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Estimating the annual incidence and prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease may assist in improving understanding of the public health and economic impacts of this disease and its treatment.Objective: To estimate the yearly incidence and prevalence of administrative claims-based NTM lung disease between 2008 and 2015 in a U.S. managed care claims database.Methods: We used a national managed care claims database (Optum Clinformatics Data Mart) representing a geographically diverse population of approximately 27 million members annually. All medical claims from January 1, 2007, to June 30, 2016, were scanned for diagnosis codes for NTM lung disease (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification [IC

SUBMITTER: Winthrop KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6993793 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature