Background Administrative databases are widely available and have been extensively used
to provide estimates of chronic disease prevalence for the purpose of surveillance of both …

Background The aim of this study was to describe population and primary care morbidity
and to examine how the differences vary across the diseases and are influenced by patients' …

Background Italy has a population of 60 million and a universal coverage single-payer
healthcare system, which mandates collection of healthcare administrative data in a uniform …

Background Prevalence estimates of chronic medical conditions and their multiples
(multimorbidity) in the general population are scarce and often rather speculative in …

Objective To assess the epidemiologic and economic burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) from
a longitudinal population-based study. Research Design and Methods Lombardy Region …

Aims To describe the methodology used to set up the Reggio Emilia (northern Italy)
Diabetes Register. The prevalence estimates on December 31st, 2009 are also provided …

Diabet. Med. 29, 385–392 (2012) Abstract Aims To describe trends in diagnosed diabetes
prevalence, incidence and mortality from 2000 to 2007 in the most heavily populated Italian …

Background and aims The aim of this research was to examine the prevalence of diabetes in
Italy over a 34-year period. Methods and results Self-reported diabetes was assessed in …

Aims: In Östergötland County, Sweden, all data on hospital care and primary healthcare
(PHC) have been entered in a diagnosis-related administrative database since 1999. This …

Objective Diabetes mellitus is a growing public health problem, for which efficient and timely
surveillance is a key policy. Administrative databases offer relevant opportunities for this …