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Rare Diseases Epidemiology

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Rare Diseases – Avoiding Misperceptions and Establishing Realities: The Need for Reliable Epidemiological Data
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    Chapter 2 Rare Diseases Epidemiology Research
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    Chapter 3 Evidence-Based Medicine and Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 4 Prevention, Diagnosis and Services
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    Chapter 5 The Importance of Case Reports in Advancing Scientific Knowledge of Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 6 Patient registries: utility, validity and inference.
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    Chapter 7 Biobanking in Rare Disorders
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    Chapter 8 Evaluation of the validity and utility of genetic testing for rare diseases.
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    Chapter 9 Rare Diseases Epidemiology
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    Chapter 10 Statistical Methods for the Geographical Analysis of Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 11 Clinical Trials and Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 12 A Regulatory Overview About Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 13 Rare Diseases Epidemiology
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    Chapter 14 Rare Diseases Social Epidemiology: Analysis of Inequalities
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    Chapter 15 Quality of Life and Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 16 Cost of illness and economic evaluation in rare diseases
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    Chapter 17 The Burden of Rare Cancers in Europe
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    Chapter 18 Hereditary Channelopathies in Neurology
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    Chapter 19 Osteochondral Diseases and Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
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    Chapter 20 The Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies in Europe
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    Chapter 21 Rare Autoimmune Diseases
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    Chapter 22 Epidemiology of Rare Anaemias in Europe
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    Chapter 23 Inherited Metabolic Rare Disease
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    Chapter 24 Rare Diseases Epidemiology
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    Chapter 25 Creating a European Union Framework for Actions in the Field of Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 26 National Plans and Strategies on Rare Diseases in Europe
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    Chapter 27 Ethical Aspects on Rare Diseases
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    Chapter 28 Advocacy Groups and Their Role in Rare Diseases Research
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Chapter title
Rare Diseases Social Epidemiology: Analysis of Inequalities
Chapter number 14
Book title
Rare Diseases Epidemiology
Published in
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, August 2010
DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9485-8_14
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-9-04-819484-1, 978-9-04-819485-8
Authors

Kole A, Faurisson F, Anna Kole, François Faurisson MD, François Faurisson

Editors

Manuel Posada de la Paz, Stephen C. Groft

Abstract

Rare disease patients experience particular obstacles in accessing high quality healthcare. These obstacles include but are not limited to: (i) lack of scientific knowledge of their disease, (ii) lack of access to correct diagnosis, (iii) delays in diagnosis, (iv) lack of appropriate multidisciplinary healthcare, (v) lack of quality information and support at the time of diagnosis, (vi) undue social consequences, (vii) inequities and difficulties in access to treatment, rehabilitation and care, (viii) dissatisfaction with and loss of confidence in medical and social services, (ix) denied treatment by health professionals and (x) lack of availability of orphan drugs. Three surveys and their subsequent analysis, conducted by the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS), a non-governmental patient driven alliance of European patient organisations, demonstrate several of these obstacles by describing the experience of rare disease patients across 18 rare diseases and over 24 European countries as well as highlighting inequalities that exist between them.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 86 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 14 16%
Student > Bachelor 12 13%
Student > Master 10 11%
Other 8 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 9%
Other 21 24%
Unknown 16 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 34%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 12%
Social Sciences 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 17 19%
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