TY - JOUR
T1 - The national diabetes register
AU - Carstensen, Bendix
AU - Kristensen, Jette Kolding
AU - Marcussen, Morten Munk
AU - Borch-Johnsen, Knut
PY - 2011/7/1
Y1 - 2011/7/1
N2 - Introduction: A National Diabetes Register was established in the National Board of Health in 2006 following a pilot study showing the feasibility of doing so based on existing registers. Content: The register contains data of birth, date of inclusion, and date of death as well as information on the criteria met for inclusion. Validity and coverage: The register is more than 90% complete when compared to records of general practitioners, and it covers the entire Danish population. Conclusion: The register is a source of demographic information for the diabetes population in itself, but also a source of linkable information for studies of diabetes as outcome and as determinant.
AB - Introduction: A National Diabetes Register was established in the National Board of Health in 2006 following a pilot study showing the feasibility of doing so based on existing registers. Content: The register contains data of birth, date of inclusion, and date of death as well as information on the criteria met for inclusion. Validity and coverage: The register is more than 90% complete when compared to records of general practitioners, and it covers the entire Danish population. Conclusion: The register is a source of demographic information for the diabetes population in itself, but also a source of linkable information for studies of diabetes as outcome and as determinant.
KW - Diabetes register
KW - disease surveillance
KW - linkage
KW - research database
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960769724&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1403494811404278
DO - 10.1177/1403494811404278
M3 - Article
C2 - 21775353
AN - SCOPUS:79960769724
SN - 1403-4948
VL - 39
SP - 58
EP - 61
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
IS - 7
ER -