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Sarcoidosis in America. Analysis Based on Health Care Use.

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For patients 18 years of age and older enrolled in a U.S. national administrative database, sarcoidosis was more common among African Americans, but it was reported for all four of the major ethnic groups studied.
Abstract
Rationale: There have been no recent comprehensive studies of the epidemiology of sarcoidosis in the United States. Changes in health care use have made available access to data on large numbers of patients with sarcoidosis.Objectives: To use a U.S. national health care database to gather data on patients with sarcoidosis identified over a 3-year period who were 18 years of age and older, and to determine health care costs for these patients.Methods: The Optum health care database was queried for a 3-year period (2010–2013). This database includes approximately 15% of U.S. residents. The incidence rate of sarcoidosis was calculated for new cases identified in each year. Calculation of prevalence was based on any patient with sarcoidosis seen during the year. Incidence and prevalence rates are reported per 100,000 patients.Measurements and Main Results: A total of 29,372 adult patients with sarcoidosis were identified. Of these, 14,700 (55%) were over 55 years of age at the time of diagnosis. The incidence...

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Racial Differences in Sarcoidosis Incidence: A 5-Year Study in a Health Maintenance Organization

TL;DR: The results should be more generalizable than previous studies done with select populations and should serve as a useful frame of reference for future epidemiologic research of sarcoidosis.
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Sarcoidosis-related mortality in the United States from 1988 to 2007.

TL;DR: From 1988-2007, sarcoidosis-related mortality rates increased significantly, particularly in non-Hispanic black females aged 55 years or older, and among young sarCOidosis decedents, those with pulmonary fibrosis or a cardiac cause contributing to death were more likely to be black than white.
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