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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of people with sickle cell disease on Medicare who received disease-modifying therapies — BDBS‑02 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only
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Most Recent Data:
12.4 percent (2016)

Target:
15.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
12.4 percent of Medicare beneficiaries aged 18 to 75 years with sickle cell anemia received disease modifying therapies in accordance with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)'s guidelines in 2016

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Medicare beneficiaries with sickle cell anemia receiving disease modifying therapies, 2016 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016
Total
12.4