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Overview of results
| Real-world | “House, M.D.” | Comparison of real-world versus “House, M.D.” * | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All diseases (n) | 30,000 | 181 | |
| Orphan diseases overall (n) | 7000 | 42 | |
| Ratio of orphan diseases among all diseases | 23% | 23.2% | p = 0.96 |
| Orphan diseases with orphan drug approval | 534 | 15 | |
| Ratio of orphan diseases with orphan drug approval among all orphan diseases | 7.6% | 39.4% | p = 0.0192 |
*p-value from chi-squared test with Yate’s correction
