Incidence and Clinical Practice of Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To elucidate the incidence and treatment pattern of active exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design

A population-based cohort study conducted using the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan (NDB), a national claims database managed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW).

Participants

The entire Japanese population aged 40 years or older (76 million people).

Methods

With the permission of the MHLW, we accessed the complete NDB dataset and identified patients with newly diagnosed active exudative AMD between 2011 and 2018. The incidence of active exudative AMD was categorized by age and sex per year between 2011 and 2018; moreover, details regarding first-line therapy and

SUBMITTER: Kido A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9559904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature