A preliminary evaluation of a health monitoring programme in Hungary

Abstract

Till the end of 1998 no program operated in Hungary engaged with non-communicable disease morbidity data collection, except some hospital-based registries, which failed to produce reliable information. The establishment of sentinel stations to collect morbidity data is feasible and sustainable in Hungarian primary care, the valid morbidity data can be built into the decision making process in health service planning. Regular training, quality control and feedback are important contributors to the success of the program. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus and liver cirrhosis is high in each county but varies considerably, with higher levels in the western counties, especially among older age groups of both sexes. More research needed to determine the possible contribution of unknown morbidity and health service utilisation to the different prevalence values in the two parts of Hungary.

Prevalence Rate of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Fasting Glycemia in Hungary: Cross-Sectional Study on Nationally Representative Sample of People Aged 20-69 Years

“…Although a former study also investigated some epidemiological characteristics of diabetes in Hungary (14), the number of counties involved was smaller, no nation-wide data were provided, IFG was not studied, and the diagnostic criteria for diabetes were based on former diagnostic criteria. In this way, the epidemiology of diabetes and IFG in Hungary was better characterized in the present study.…”

“…The design of the sentinel stations program has already been described (14). Briefly, participating general practitioners (GP) from different counties continuously report new cases of non-communicable diseases of major public health importance diagnosed using standardized diagnostic criteria.…”

Atherosclerotic risk factors and complications in patients with non-functioning adrenal adenomas treated with or without adrenalectomy: a long-term follow-up study

“…This database was shown to broadly represent the Hungarian general population, as virtually all Hungarian inhabitants are registered at family doctors (31).…”

Combined Effect of ADH1B RS1229984, RS2066702 and ADH1C RS1693482/ RS698 Alleles on Alcoholism and Chronic Liver Diseases

“…Cases were all subject identified as having chronic liver diseases while controls were selected at random from those with no diagnosed CLDs. The case definition, described previously [20], is the presence of at least two of the following pre-specified criteria based on physical examination: spider naevi; ascites; palmar and plantar erythema; jaundice; enlarged, firm liver with rounded or nodular edge; and at least one of the following laboratory findings: increased level of serum bilirubin, elevated aspartate transferase activity, elevated alanine transferase activity, elevated gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase activity, elevated alkaline-phosphatase activity, or decreased serum albumin. These physical and laboratory examinations were conducted both on case and control patients.…”