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SUBMITTER: Kobrynski L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820073 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kobrynski Lisa L Powell Rachel Waltenburg RW Bowen Scott S
Journal of clinical immunology 20140926 8
<h4>Purpose</h4>Few studies have estimated population prevalence and morbidity of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDD). We used administrative healthcare databases to estimate the prevalence of PIDD diagnoses in the United States from 2001 to 2007.<h4>Methods</h4>MarketScan databases compile claims from commercial health insurance plans and Medicaid, recording individual diagnoses for outpatient encounters and hospital stays. We used a cross sectional survey to estimate prevalence of PIDD us ...[more]