Development and validation of an administrative data algorithm to estimate the disease burden and epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Ontario, Canada

Conclusions:
MS patients can be accurately identified from administrative data. Our findings illustrated a rising prevalence of MS over time. MS incidence rates also appear to be rising since 2009.

Source: Multiple Sclerosis - July 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Widdifield, J., Ivers, N. M., Young, J., Green, D., Jaakkimainen, L., Butt, D. A., O'Connor, P., Hollands, S., Tu, K. Tags: Original Research Papers Source Type: research