The proportion of the population≥ 65 years old is about 17% today and will be about 27% in
2050 worldwide. The problem, however, is not ageing in itself, it is individual disabilities …

Background Population health planning within a health district requires current information
on health profiles of the target population. Information obtained during primary care …

Aims To provide data on hospitalization and incidence rates of Charcot neuroarthropathy
(CN) and its relation to lower limbs' amputations/revascularizations in population with …

Due to the heterogeneity of existing European sources of observational healthcare data,
data source-tailored choices are needed to execute multi-data source, multi-national …

The aim of this article is to synthetically describe the research projects that a selection of
Italian universities is undertaking in the context of big data. Far from being exhaustive, this …

Introduction Administrative healthcare databases can provide a comprehensive assessment
of the burden of diseases in terms of major outcomes, such as mortality, hospital …

Background: Adherence to recommended guidelines in the care for diabetes has been
demonstrated to significantly prevent the excess risk of hospitalization and mortality for …

Aim The aim of this observational study was to assess mortality of patients with type 2
diabetes by type of healthcare delivery system, ie through specialist centers or generalist …

Background: In 2010, Tuscany (Italy) implemented a Chronic Care Model (CCM)-based
programme for the management of chronic diseases. The study's objective was to evaluate …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of death after hospitalizations for diabetic foot
(DF) complications, comparing two different cohorts of people with or without a prior history …