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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 58-61Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811404278
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Diabetes register; disease surveillance; linkage; research database
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Introduction: A National Diabetes Register was established in the National Board of Health in 2006 following a pilot study showing the feasibility of doing so based on existing registers. Content: The register contains data of birth, date of inclusion, and date of death as well as information on the criteria met for inclusion. Validity and coverage: The register is more than 90% complete when compared to records of general practitioners, and it covers the entire Danish population. Conclusion: The register is a source of demographic information for the diabetes population in itself, but also a source of linkable information for studies of diabetes as outcome and as determinant.
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