Definition of Incidence

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Incidence

The term 'Incidence ' as it applies to the area of Medicare in the United States can be defined as ' The frequency of new occurrences of a condition within a defined time interval. The incidence rate is the number of new cases of specific disease divided by the number of people in a population over a specified period of time, usually one year'.

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