Japanese Patient Population Analysis Aims to Provide International Companies and Organizations with Useful Information about the Japanese Healthcare Market

Business Wire, Oct 11, 2007

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c71014) has announced the addition of "Japanese Patient Population Analysis and Epidemiological Survey 2007 Volume 2" to their offering.

Understanding epidemiology in individual countries is an essential factor for the development of strategic business plans for healthcare industries and life insurance companies. Seed Planning, Inc. has devoted to the issuance of epidemiology-related publications for Japan, while sponsoring seminars on this specific topic since 1995. As a part of this consecutive effort, we made revisions to our proprietary Japanese report entitled "Patient Population Analysis and Epidemiological Survey" every three years, which is compiled based on the Japanese MHLW's statistics, combined with other epidemiological information.

This English written report "Japanese Patient Population Analysis and Epidemiological Survey 2007" was published by Seed Planning, Inc. aiming to provide international companies and organizations with useful information about the Japanese healthcare market. Comprising a total of five volumes, these publications provide nationwide Japanese patient population statistics for all categories of diseases.

Diseases covered in this Volume include

* D50-D89 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

* E00-E90 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

* F00-F99 Mental and behavioural disorders

* G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system

* H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa

* H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Volume 2

Contents:

How to use this report
About the ICD codes
Demographic data used in this report

I. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain
   disorders involving the immune
           1. Iron deficiency
           2. Other
           3. conditions and diseases of other blood and blood-forming
              organs
           4. Certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

II. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
           5. Thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism)
           6. Thyroiditis
           7. Other disorders of thyroid
           8. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
           9. Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
          10. Other diabetes mellitus
          11. Ovarian dysfunction
          12. Malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies
          13. Obesity
          14. Hyperlipidaemia
          15. Volume depletion
          16. Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

III. Mental and behavioural disorders
          17. Vascular and unspecified dementia
          18. Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
          19. Mental and behavioural disorders due to other
              psychoactive substance use
          20. Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders
          21. Mood (affective) disorders?
          22. Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
          23. Mental retardation
          24. Other mental and behavioural disorders

IV. Diseases of the nervous system
          25. Meningitis
          26. Inflammatory diseases of central nervous system
          27. Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes
          28. Parkinson's disease
          29. Alzheimer's disease
          30. Multiple sclerosis
          31. Epilepsy
          32. Migraine and other headache syndromes
          33. Transient cerebral ischaemic attacks and related
              syndromes
          34. Sleep disorders
          35. Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders
          36. Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes
          37. Disorders of autonomic nervous system
          38. Diseases of other nervous system

V. Diseases of the eye and adnexa
          39. Hordeolum and chalazion
          40. Disorders of lacrimal system
          41. Conjunctivitis
          42. Keratitis
          43. Cataract
          44. Retinal detachments and breaks
          45. Retinal vascular occlusions
          46. Glaucoma
          47. Strabismus
          48. Disorders of refraction and accommodation
          49. Blindness and low vision
          50. Other diseases of the eye and adnexa

VI. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
          51. Otitis externa
          52. Impacted cerumen
          53. Disorders of external ear
          54. Otitis media
          55. Eustachian salpingitis
          56. Obstruction of Eustachian tube
          57. Cholesteatoma of middle ear
          58. Other diseases of middle ear and mastoid
          59. Meniere's disease
          60. Vertigo of central origin
          61. Other diseases of inner ear
          62. Hearing loss
          63. Other diseases of ear
Index

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