Pulmonary Embolism Epidemiology
New pulmonary embolism epidemiology data have been reported by K. Kroger and co-authors
Published in Blood Weekly, April 22nd, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Incidence rate of pulmonary embolism in Germany: data from the federal statistical office.' "With the introduction of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) for reimbursement in 2003 detailed description of the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in hospitalized patients in Germany was possible for the first time. Thus we estimated the incidence rate of PE in Germany," researchers in Krefeld, Germany report.
"Detailed lists of all PE coded as I26 performed in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were provided by the Federal Statistical Office. In addition age-and gender-adjusted incidence rates were calculated for all cases for which PEs were...
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