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Parkinson's disease in Germany: prevalence and incidence based on health claims data

Michael Nerius, Anne Fink, Gabriele Doblhammer

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica · 2016 · 70 citations · 24 references

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Health claims data are found to be suitable for PD assessment using the repeated diagnoses or PD drug prescriptions as necessary criteria.

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