Colombian Ocular Inflammatory Diseases Epidemiology Study (COIDES): Prevalence, Incidence, and Sociodemographic Characterization of Scleritis in Colombia, 2015-2020
Abstract:Objective: To describe the epidemiological and demographic characteristics of scleritis in Colombia. Methods and Analysis: Population-based study using the national database from the Colombian Ministry of Health, using the ICD-10 code for Scleritis (H150) to estimate the prevalence and incidence from 2015 to 2019. Additionally, we evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on the epidemiology of the disease during 2020, using the Gaussian Random Markov Field model (CAR model). Finally, a standardiz… Show more
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