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Comparing China’s Rare Disease List Criteria with WHO/US Standards: Implications for Clinical Diagnostics - how-to
China’s rare disease list uses a prevalence threshold of 1 in 500, which is twice the 1 in 1,000 cut-off used by WHO and the United States. This gap reshapes who qualifies for orphan drug incentives and how clinicians flag cases for referral. In practice the disparity can