Making Use of Comparable Health Data to Improve Quality of Care and Outcomes in Diabetes: The EUBIROD Review of Diabetes Registries and Data Sources in Europe

Carinci, Fabrizio and Štotl, Iztok and Cunningham, Scott G. and Poljicanin, Tamara and Pristas, Ivan and Traynor, Vivie and Olympios, George and Scoutellas, Vasos and Azzopardi, Joseph and Doggen, Kris and Sandor, János and Adany, Roza and Løvaas, Karianne F. and Jarosz-Chobot, Przemka and Polanska, Joanna and Pruna, Simion and de Lusignan, Simon and Monesi, Marcello and Di Bartolo, Paolo and Scheidt-Nave, Christa and Heidemann, Christin and Zucker, Inbar and Maurina, Anita and Lepiksone, Jana and Rossing, Peter and Arffman, Martti and Keskimäki, Ilmo and Gudbjornsdottir, Soffia and Di Iorio, Concetta Tania and Dupont, Elisabeth and de Sabata, Stella and Klazinga, Niek and Benedetti, Massimo Massi (2021) Making Use of Comparable Health Data to Improve Quality of Care and Outcomes in Diabetes: The EUBIROD Review of Diabetes Registries and Data Sources in Europe. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, 2. ISSN 2673-6616

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Abstract

Background: Registries and data sources contain information that can be used on an ongoing basis to improve quality of care and outcomes of people with diabetes. As a specific task of the EU Bridge Health project, we carried out a survey of diabetes-related data sources in Europe.

Objectives: We aimed to report on the organization of different sources of diabetes information, including their governance, information infrastructure and dissemination strategies for quality control, service planning, public health, policy and research.

Methods: Survey using a structured questionnaire to collect targeted data from a network of collaborating institutions managing registries and data sources in 17 countries in the year 2017.

Results: The 18 data sources participating in the study were most frequently academic centres (44.4%), national (72.2%), targeting all types of diabetes (61.1%) covering no more than 10% of the target population (44.4%). Although population-based in over a quarter of cases (27.8%), sources relied predominantly on provider-based datasets (38.5%), fewer using administrative data (16.6%). Data collection was continuous in the majority of cases (61.1%), but 50% could not perform data linkage. Public reports were more frequent (72.2%) as well as quality reports (77.8%), but one third did not provide feedback to policy and only half published ten or more peer reviewed papers during the last 5 years.

Conclusions: The heterogeneous implementation of diabetes registries and data sources hampers the comparability of quality and outcomes across Europe. Best practices exist but need to be shared more effectively to accelerate progress and deliver equitable results for people with diabetes.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Opene Prints > Medical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2022 04:21
Last Modified: 07 May 2024 04:28
URI: http://geographical.go2journals.com/id/eprint/252

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