Prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Japan based on a claims database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a cryptogenic chronic interstitial pneumonia with progressive fibrosis and a poor prognosis. A substantial number of epidemiological studies have been conducted in Europe and the United States (US). In contrast, in Japan, only one study reported the prevalence of IPF (10.0 per 100,000 population) using clinical data (2003-2007) from one prefecture; thus, the nationwide prevalence of IPF remains unknown. This study aimed to estimate the nationwide prevalence of IPF in Japan using a nationwide claims database.

Methods

We extracted data from a Japanese claims database provided by Medical Data Vision (MDV database, April 2008-March 2019) containing data from approximately 28 million patients from 385 acute-care hospitals. Patient

SUBMITTER: Kondoh Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822670 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature