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Large increase in multiple sclerosis
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In 2015, 223,748 statutory health insurance patients were treated on an outpatient basis for multiple sclerosis (MS) nationwide. In 2009, there were only 172,497 patients. This corresponds to an increase of 29 per cent in six years. The scientists at the Versorgungsatlas [provision atlas] of the central institute for medical insurance, the Zentralinstitut für die Kassenärztliche Versorgung (Zi), come to this conclusion in a new study, evaluating accounting data relating to contract medicine. What is striking are the different regional distributions in disease frequency and new cases of disease. It shows that MS occurs more frequently in western Germany, and that more people fall ill with the disease each year there than in eastern Germany. An exception is Berlin, which is at the western level.
While statistically there are only 15 new cases of MS per 100,000 people with statutory medical insurance in eastern Germany each year, in western Germany there are on average 19 patients, which is about 25 per cent more. The numbers of patients treated for MS show a similar pattern. In the west, about 27 per cent more patients were treated for MS in 2015 than in the east. The reasons for this are not known. Women are about 2.5 times more likely to be affected by MS than men.
While statistically there are only 15 new cases of MS per 100,000 people with statutory medical insurance in eastern Germany each year, in western Germany there are on average 19 patients, which is about 25 per cent more. The numbers of patients treated for MS show a similar pattern. In the west, about 27 per cent more patients were treated for MS in 2015 than in the east. The reasons for this are not known. Women are about 2.5 times more likely to be affected by MS than men.
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References:
- MTD Medizinisch-Technischer Dialog, Offizielles Organ ZMT/BVS, ISSN 0935-137X, Ausgabe 06/2018, Juni, S. 19
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