What factors explain the differences in morbidity estimations among general practice registration networks in the Netherlands? A first analysis

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  van den Dungen, Catharina ^a,b   Hoeymans, Nancy ^a   Gijsen, Ronald ^a   van den Akker, Marjan ^c   Boesten, Jos ^c   Brouwer, Henk ^d   Smeets, Hugo ^e   van der Veen, Willem Jan ^f   Verheij, Robert ^g   de Waal, Margot ^h   Schellevis, François ^g,h   Westert, Gert ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practice; Incidence and prevalence; Medical registration data collection; Morbidity measures; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 55049133462     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780802436218     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Hoogenveen, R., Westert, G., Dijkgraaf, M., Schellevis, F. and de Bakker, D. (2002) Disease prevalence estimations based on contact registrations in general practice. Stat Med, 21, pp. 2271-2285.
2. van Weel, C., Weel Baumgarten van, E and Mold, J. (2006) The importance of longitudinal studies in family medicine: Experiences of two practice-based research networks. J Am Board Fam Med, 19, pp. 69-74.
3. Fleming, DM, Schellevis, FG and Van Casteren, V. (2004) The prevalence of known diabetes in eight European countries. Eur J Public Health, 14, pp. 10-14.
4. van Weel, C. (2005) Longitudinal research and data collection in primary care. Ann Fam Med, 3, p. S46.
5. Okkes, IM, Polderman, GO, Fryer, GE, Yamada, T., Bujak, M. Oskam, SK et al. (2002) The role of family practice in different health care systems. A comparison of reasons for encounter, diagnoses and interventions in primary care populations in the Netherlands, Japan, Poland and the United States. J Fam Pract, 51, pp. 72-82.
6. Metsemakers, JF, Knottnerus, JA, van Schendel, GJ, Kocken, RJ and Limonard, CB. (1996) Unlocking patients' records in general practice for research, medical education and quality assurance: The Registration Network Family Practices. Int J Biomed Comput, 42, pp. 43-50.
7. Verheij, RA and van der Zee, J. (2006) Chapter 30. Collecting information in general practice: 'just by pressing a single button?. Morbidity, performance and quality in primary care Dutch general practice on stage, pp. 265-272. Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford
8. Oliemans, AP. (1969) Morbiditeit in de huisartspraktijk, pp. 1-257. Stenfert Kroese, Leiden
9. van Weel, C. (1995) Validating long term morbidity recording. J Epidemiol Community Health, 49, pp. 29-32.
10. de Jongh, H., Kole, H., Metsemakers, JFM, Peerden, H., Smit, C. Stroucken, J. et al. (2004) Richtlijn adequate dossiervorming met het Elektronisch Medisch Dossier. NHG-Publicatie automatisering, Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap, Urecht
11. Majeed, A. (2004) Sources, uses, strengths and limitations of data collected in primary care in England. Health Stat Q, 21, pp. 5-14.
12. Hart, HE, van der Wouden, JC, Hoppener, P., van Schendel, GJ and Knottnerus, JA. (1999) General practice registration networks in the Netherlands: A brief report. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 6, pp. 173-175.
13. Gijsen, R. and Poos, R. (2006) Using registries in general practice to estimate countrywide morbidity in The Netherlands. Public Health, 120, pp. 923-936.
14. Poos, MJJC and Gijsen, R. Reumatoide arthritis. Omvang van het probleem. Achtergronden en details bij cijfers uit huisartsregistraties. National Public Health Compass (Nationaal Kompas Volksgezondheid), part of the Dutch Public Health Status and Forecasts. RIVM, Bilthoven
15. Marinus, AMF.
16. Cardol, M., Schellevis, FG, Spreeuwenberg, P. and van de Lisdonk, EH. (2005) Changes in patients' attitudes towards the management of minor ailments. Br J Gen Pract, 55, pp. 516-521.
17. Huisartsenzorg Volksgezondheid Toekomst Verkenning, Nationale Atlas Volksgezondheid. RIVM, 13, Bilthoven
18. Plat, AW, te Wierik, MJ, Kroon, AA, Schouten, HJ, van den Akker, M van Schayck, CP et al. (2005) Regional differences in cardiovascular risk factor profile cannot fully explain differences in cardiovascular morbidity in the Netherlands: A comparison of two urban areas. Neth J Med, 63, pp. 309-315.
19. Schellevis, F., Westert, G., de Bakker, D., Foets, M. and vd Velden, J. (1999) Kritisch lezen van informatie uit grote registratiebestanden. Huisarts Wet, 42, pp. 591-601.
20. van der Meer, V., de Waal, MWM, Timmers, AP, de Bock, GH and Springer, MP. (2001) Hoe up-to-date is het medisch dossier? Een onderzoek op vijf lokaties. Huisarts Wet, 44, pp. 194-197.
21. de Lusignan, S. and van Weel, C. (2006) The use of routinely collected computer data for research in primary care: Opportunities and challenges. Fam Pract, 23, pp. 253-263.
22. van Weel, C. and de Grauw, W. (2006) Family practices registration networks contributed to primary care research. J Clin Epidemiol, 59, pp. 779-783.
23. Deckers, JG, Paget, WJ, Schellevis, FG and Fleming, DM. (2006) European primary care surveillance networks: Their structure and operation. Fam Pract, 23, pp. 151-158.
24. Knottnerus, JA. (1994) Registreren van morbiditeit in de huisartsgeneeskunde, over diversiteit van doelstellingen en vereisten. Huisarts Wet, 37, pp. 136-141.
25. Porcheret, M., Hughes, R., Evans, D., Jordan, K., Whitehurst, T. Ogden, H. et al. (2004) Data quality of general practice electronic health records: The impact of a program of assessments, feedback, and training. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 11, pp. 78-86.
26. Marinus, AMF. (1990) Inter-doktervariatie in het Transitieproject. Huisarts Wet, 33, pp. 4-8.
27. Brouwer, HJ, van Weert, HC, Vintges, MMQ and Bindels, PJE. (2000) De betekenis van interpraktijkvariatie in registratienetwerken. Huisarts Wet, 43, pp. 426-429.
28. Thiru, K., Hassey, A. and Sullivan, F. (2003) Systematic review of scope and quality of electronic patient record data in primary care. BMJ., 326, p. 1070.
29. Cardol, M., van Dijk, L., de Jong, JD, de Bakker, DH and Westert, GP. (2004) Huisartsenzorg: Wat doet de poortwachter? Tweede Nationale studie naar ziekten en verrichtingen in de huisartspraktijk, Nivel, Utrecht
30. Fleming, DM, Bartelds, A., Chapman, RS and Cross, KW. (2004) The consistency of shingles and its significance for health monitoring. Eur J Epidemiol, 19, pp. 1113-1118.
31. Westert, GP, Schellevis, FG, de Bakker, DH, Groenewegen, PP, Bensing, JM and van de Zee, J. (2005) Monitoring health inequalities through general practice: The Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice. Eur J Public Health, 15, pp. 59-65.
32. van Lindert, H., Droomers, M. and Westert, GP. (2004) Een kwestie van verschil: Verschillen in zelf-gerapporteerde leefstijl, gezondheid en zorggebruik. Nivel, Utrecht
33. Biermans, MCJ, de Bakker, DH, Verheij, RA, Gravestein, JV, van der Linden, MW and de Vries Robbe, PF. (2007) Development of a case-based system for grouping diagnoses in general practice. Int J Med Inform
34. Ziekten en aandoeningen Gezondheidsproblemen. Volksgezondheid Toekomst Verkenning. Nationale Atlas Volksgezondheid, Bilthoven
35. Rangorde naar sociale status van postcodegebieden in Nederland (2007)