Wullink M, van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk H M J, Dinant G J, Metsemakers J F M
Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2007 Jul;51(Pt 7):511-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00917.x.
Since the 1990s, people with intellectual disability (ID) in the Netherlands have been moving from institutions to supported accommodation in the community. The Government is in need of recent data on the numbers of these people, to ensure adequate care provision and funding. This paper reports on the prevalence of people with ID in the Netherlands. The research question was: what is the lowest and highest estimation of prevalence of people with ID in the Netherlands?
Two extrapolation methods were used, each consisting of a number of stages, using general practice databases and ID care services records.
The prevalence of people with ID in the Netherlands was 0.7% (111,750 persons). Other assumptions yielded 0.54-0.64%. Arguments for the two extrapolation methods and the lowest and highest estimation of prevalence are discussed.
Compared with 1988, there has been a slight decrease in the prevalence of people with ID in the Netherlands, even though we included all age groups and even people with ID of who were not included in ID care services records. By using general practitioner databases it was possible to identify these not registered people with ID.
自20世纪90年代以来，荷兰的智障人士已从机构照料转向社区支持性住所。政府需要这些人群数量的最新数据，以确保提供足够的照料和资金。本文报告了荷兰智障人士的患病率。研究问题是：荷兰智障人士患病率的最低和最高估计值是多少？
使用了两种推断方法，每种方法都由多个阶段组成，利用全科医疗数据库和智障护理服务记录。
荷兰智障人士的患病率为0.7%（111,750人）。其他假设得出的患病率为0.54 - 0.64%。讨论了两种推断方法以及患病率最低和最高估计值的依据。
与1988年相比，荷兰智障人士的患病率略有下降，尽管我们纳入了所有年龄组，甚至包括未被智障护理服务记录涵盖的智障人士。通过使用全科医生数据库，得以识别这些未登记的智障人士。
