Prevalence estimates for chronic diseases in Italy: Exploring the differences between self-report and primary care databases

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-257

  Cricelli, Claudio ^a   Mazzaglia, Giampiero ^b   Samani, Fabio ^a   Marchi, Marco ^c   Sabatini, Andrea ^b   Nardi, Roberto ^a   Ventriglia, Giuseppe ^a   Caputi, Achille P ^d  

^a Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^b Health Search Database   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Comparative study; Computerized medical records; Family practice; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY; HEALTH SEARCH DATABASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0141998510     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg060     Document Type: Article

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