Healthcare burden of rare diseases in Hong Kong – adopting ORPHAcodes in ICD-10 based healthcare administrative datasets

Healthcare burden of rare diseases in Hong Kong – adopting ORPHAcodes in ICD-10 based healthcare administrative datasets

Abstract Background The burden of rare diseases is important for healthcare planning but difficult to estimate. This has been facilitated by the development of ORPHAcodes, a comprehensive classification and coding system for rare diseases developed by the international consortium Orphanet, with cros...

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Main Authors: Annie Ting Gee Chiu, Claudia Ching Yan Chung, Wilfred Hing Sang Wong, So Lun Lee, Brian Hon Yin Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Rare diseases
ORPHAcodes
ICD-10
Disease burden
Prevalence
Inpatient cost
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-018-0892-5

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