Revisiting the concept of ‘chronic disease’ from the perspective of the episode of care model. Does the ratio of incidence to prevalence rate help us to define a problem as chronic?
Background This is a study of the epidemiology of acute and chronic episodes of care (EoCs) in the Transition Project in three countries. We studied the duration of EoCs for acute and chronic health problems and the relationship of incidence to prevalence rates for these EoCs. Method The Transition Project databases collect data on all elements of the doctor–patient encounter in family medicine. Family doctors code these elements using the International Classification of Primary Care.We used the data from three practice populations to study the duration of EoCs and the ratio of incidence to pr... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 13-23 (2013) |
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BCS
The Chartered Institute for IT |
Schlagwörter: | electronic medical record / electronic patient record / epidemiology / episode of care / family medicine / general practice / incidence / International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) / longitudinal / Malta / prevalence / Serbia / The Netherlands / Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics / R858-859.7 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26801091 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v20i1.44 |