Physician Certification Pattern Review, 2024 Annual Report 6 III. Trends in Patient Qualifying Condition Physicians are required to determine that a patient’s medical condition meets one of the qualifying conditions listed in section 381.986(2), F.S. The list is included in Table 4. Patients may have more than one qualifying condition recorded in the MMUR by a qualified physician and more than one certification. Table 4: Trends in the total number and percentage of qualifying conditions reported in each data set. Conditions listed in bold font are the top three qualifying conditions reported by physicians. Qualifying Condition FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 Number Percent2 Number Percent2 Number Percent2 (a) Cancer 59,999 3.8% 66,457 3.8% 71,876 3.6% (b) Epilepsy 19,154 1.2% 16,921 1.0% 18,631 0.9% (c) Glaucoma 13,072 0.8% 15,069 0.9% 16,178 0.8% (d) Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 9,203 0.6% 8,833 0.5% 9,125 0.5% (e) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2,051 0.1% 1,963 0.1% 1,953 0.1% (f) Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 607,004 38.6% 695,592 39.4% 809,425 40.2% (g) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) 12,153 0.8% 3,997 0.2% 4,861 0.2% (h) Crohn’s disease 29,649 1.9% 32,965 1.9% 32,368 1.6% (i) Parkinson’s disease 8,945 0.6% 7,285 0.4% 7,388 0.4% (j) Multiple sclerosis (MS) 184,113 11.7% 160,218 9.1% 177,791 8.8% (k) Medical conditions of the same kind or class as or comparable to those enumerated in paragraphs (a)–(j)1 412,835 26.2% 508,124 28.8% 590,239 29.3% (l) A terminal condition diagnosed by a physician other than the qualified physician issuing the physician certification 3,494 0.2% 3,292 0.2% 2,923 0.1% (m) Chronic nonmalignant pain 212,507 13.5% 244,899 13.9% 269,918 13.4% Total qualifying conditions reported: Total number of certifications: Total number of individual patients: 1,574,179 921,464 607,220 1,765,615 1,142,172 757,600 2,012,676 1,315,123 859,026 1 Physicians are required to provide information on certifications under qualifying condition (k) same kind or class. 2 Percent of total qualifying conditions reported.
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