Occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease in central Italy: A study based on health information systems

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 777-782

  Di Domenicantonio, Riccardo ^a   Cappai, Giovanna ^a   Arcà, Massimo ^a   Agabiti, Nera ^a   Kohn, Anna ^b   Vernia, Piero ^c   Biancone, Livia ^d   Armuzzi, Alessandro ^e   Papi, Claudio ^f   Davoli, Marina ^a  

^a Regional Health Service   (Italy)

^b ACO San Filippo Neri   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Crohn's disease; Epidemiology; Health information system; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; CASE FINDING; DISEASE REGISTRY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906315289     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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