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 A recent comprehensive report on healthcare quality in Italy published by the
Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommended that …

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 purpose of the study was to measure clinical quality by doing an audit of
clinical records and to compare the performance based on clinical quality indicators (CQI) …

Background An aging population means that chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, are
becoming more prevalent and demands for care are rising. Members of primary care teams …

OBJECTIVE: in recent years, several initiatives have been launched by the Associazione
medici diabetologi (AMD) in the context of a national quality improvement program. These …

Aim and methods We conducted this case study in order to test how health system
performance could be compared using the existing national administrative health databases …

Objective This analysis estimates type 1 and type 2 diabetes direct costs in 2012, in terms of
hospital care, outpatient visits, diagnostics and medications, in a local healthcare trust in …

Backgrounds and aims To investigate relevant indicators of quality of care in a large
population-based sample of people with diabetes representative of clinical practice in Italy in …

Background Patient information, medical history, clinical outcomes and demographic
information, can be registered in different ways in registration programs. For evaluation of …