Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 616 - 619
• Main Authors: Kugeler, Kiersten J., Schwartz, Amy M., Delorey, Mark J., Mead, Paul S., Hinckley, Alison F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2021; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Age; bacteria; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia burgdorferi - genetics; Care and treatment; Clinical medicine; Codes; diagnoses; Diagnosis; disease burden; Disease control; Disease prevention; Dispatch; Estimates; Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018; Health insurance industry; Health surveillance; Humans; Infections; Information management; Insurance claims; Lyme disease; Lyme Disease - diagnosis; Lyme Disease - epidemiology; Management; Medical diagnosis; Medical records; Medicine, Preventive; Patients; Planning; Population; Preventive health services; Public health; Registries (in medicine); United States - epidemiology; Vector-borne diseases; Vectors (Biology); Zoonoses; United States; New York; Minnesota; United States > US; Maryland; Lyme disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; vector-borne infections; bacteria; United States; insurance claims; disease burden; diagnoses

By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that Lyme disease was diagnosed and treated in ≈476,000 patients in the United States annually during 2010-2018. Our results underscore the need for accurate diagnosis and improved prevention.