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From: Epidemiologic Study of Smell Disturbance in 2 Medical Insurance Claims Populations
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Distribution of prevalent cases of sense of smell disturbance (SD) in 2 medical insurance claims databases by age and sex. IMS indicates the IMS Health LifeLink claims database (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania); MCO, the i3 Magnifi Private Managed Care Organizations database (Waltham, Massachusetts). The tabulation reports the percentage of patients within each 10-year age band, calculated as of January 1, 2000 (IMS), and October 1, 1999 (MCO). Most patients with SD were 50 years or older (84.7% of IMS cases and 66.1% of MCO cases).
Date of download: 11/5/2017
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2. Copyright © 2007 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
From: Epidemiologic Study of Smell Disturbance in 2 Medical Insurance Claims Populations
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Drug classes associated with sense of smell disturbance in 3 preindex time periods in both the IMS Health LifeLink (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania) (IMS) (A) and the i3 Magnifi Private Managed Care Organizations (Waltham, Massachusetts) (MCO) (B) databases. With each class, there was a rising likelihood of association as the time periods approached the index date. Error brackets indicate 95% confidence intervals.
Date of download: 11/5/2017
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3. Copyright © 2007 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
From: Epidemiologic Study of Smell Disturbance in 2 Medical Insurance Claims Populations
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(8): doi: /archotol
Figure Legend:
Three disease categories were associated with sense of smell disturbance in 3 preindex time periods in both the IMS Health LifeLink (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania) (IMS) (A) and the i3 Magnifi Private Managed Care Organizations (Waltham, Massachusetts) (MCO) (B) databases: acute sinusitis (ICD-9-CM code 461), respiratory symptoms (ICD-9-CM code 786), and hypertensive disease (ICD-9-CM codes ). ICD-9-CM indicates International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. Error brackets indicate 95% confidence intervals.
Date of download: 11/5/2017
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