<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FURST, DANIEL E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FERNANDES, ANCILLA W.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IORGA, ŞERBAN R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GRETH, WARREN</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BANCROFT, TIM</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Epidemiology of Systemic Sclerosis in a Large US Managed Care Population</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of Rheumatology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">784-786</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3899/jrheum.111106</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Objective. To estimate the incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in a large US managed care organization (MCO) database. Methods. Subjects with claims-based evidence of SSc (ICD-9-CM code 710.1x) were identified from a health plan database. Incidence and prevalence for the period 2003–2008 were calculated. Results. The overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence rate (2003–2008) for SSc was 5.6 cases per 100,000 person-years. The annual prevalence of SSc ranged from 13.5 in 2003 to 18.4 (per 100,000) in 2008. Conclusion. This analysis suggests a higher incidence and lower prevalence of SSc in this MCO than those previously reported for the United States.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>