Clarifying the diagnosis of post-inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis: a population-based study. Issue 1 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vu, Ann; Vasireddy, Amit; Moua, Teng; Baqir, Misbah; Ryu, Jay H.
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 54:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00103-2019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Epidemiological studies are important in defining the distribution and burden of diseases in a population. A common method of studying interstitial lung disease (ILD) epidemiology has been the analysis of insurance and billing claims databases, such as the Commercial Claims and Encounters Database and the Medicare Supplemental and Coordination of Benefits Database. These studies rely on the accuracy of International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes to identify a patient population of interest. Several studies have described the incidence and prevalence of ILD by methodically searching ICD codes related to ILD or by using code-based algorithms [1–6]. Patients with post-inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis were found to be a heterogeneous population, and the vast majority did not have IPF or any form of interstitial lung disease http://bit.ly/2wcqepC