Increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Tuscany, Italy.
Mario Alberto BattagliaMonica UlivelliElisa GualdaniMatilde RazzanelliFabio FerrettiGiuseppe MeucciPaolo FrancesconiMario A BattagliaPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)
Results confirm that prevalence increases every year, probably mainly due to the difference between incidence and mortality, resulting in an increasing trend. Moreover, administrative data may accurately identify MS patients in a routinary way and monitor this cohort along disease care pathways.
Keyphrases
- multiple sclerosis
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- mass spectrometry
- palliative care
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- ms ms
- machine learning
- cardiovascular disease
- electronic health record
- big data
- patient reported outcomes
- pain management
- data analysis