Peer-reviewed research
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Incidence and Demographics in a National Administrative Database
DA Osei et al., Neurosurgery, 2017 · DOI 10.1093/neuros/nyw061
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- What it is
- A claims-database study of US commercial health plan enrollees, 2006 to 2012, that estimated how often cubital tunnel syndrome is newly diagnosed each year.
- How much weight it carries
- Peer-reviewed and based on a large national insurance database. Diagnosis codes in claims data can miss or overstate cases, and the population is commercially insured people.
Facts taken from this source
- In a US insurance claims study from 2006 to 2012, the adjusted incidence of cubital tunnel syndrome was 30.0 per 100,000 person-years.
“The estimated adjusted incidence rate of CuTS is 30.0 per 100 000 person-years.” (Results)