Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Celiac Disease in the South Vesuvian Area of Naples: A Survey
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Methods We studied the population of the South Vesuvian area of Naples (Italy). It comprises eight Sanitary Districts and a total resident population of 558.939 as reported on January 2012 according to ISTAT (Istituto nazionale di STATistica, National Institute of Statistics); 271.039 were males (M) and 287.900 females (F). Each pharmaceutical service has a database (Report Data Celiac disease – RDC) in an electronic format which converges through a central coordination service into a single regional database. The RDC stratifies the population in groups by age (0–1, 2–4, 5–10, 11–18, 19–65, >65 years), and gender (M vs. F). The number of celiac patients and the related expenditure of the LSA (ASL NA 3 South) are reported for each class. The final database is then transmitted to the Pharmaceutical Sector of the Campania Region (Italy). The value in euro of each coupon is calculated according to a table of the Ministerial Decree (May 4, 2006): for the age group between 6 months and 1 year the value of each coupon is € 45 (M = F); 1–3.5 years, the value is € 62 (M = F); >3.5–10 years, the value is € 94 (M = F); for 10 years or older, the value Epidemiology and economic impact of celiac disease in the South Vesuvian area of Naples: a survey
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