Quality aspects of Dutch general practice–based data: a conceptual approach

Dungen, Catharina van den; Hoeymans, Nancy; Schellevis, François G.; Oers, Hans van

doi:10.1093/fampra/cms082

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“…In general, completeness and accuracy of routine databases depend on the systematic registration of the different steps in the consultation [ 19 , 20 ]. .…”

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Routine primary care data for scientific research, quality of care programs and educational purposes: the Julius General Practitioners’ Network (JGPN)

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BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundGeneral Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the patient contacts in coded data and free text.MethodsDiagnoses are coded according to the International Coding of Primary Care (ICPC). Drug prescriptions are labelled with the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification (ATC), and letters of hospital specialists and paramedic health care professionals are linked or directly incorporated in the electronic medical files. A network of a large group of GPs collecting routine care data on an ongoing basis can be used for answering various research questions.ResultsThe Julius General Practitioners’ Network (JGPN) database consists of routine care data from over ten years of a dynamic cohort of around 370,000 individuals registered with the participating GPs from the city of Utrecht and its vicinity. Health care data are extracted anonymously every quartile of a year and these data are used by researchers.ConclusionWe describe the content and usability of our JGPN database, and how a wide variety of research questions could be answered, as illustrated with examples of published articles.

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“…In general, completeness and accuracy of routine databases depend on the systematic registration of the different steps in the consultation [ 19 , 20 ]. .…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Routine primary care data for scientific research, quality of care programs and educational purposes: the Julius General Practitioners’ Network (JGPN)

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Kortekaas

Rutten

et al. 2018

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…This increased use of EMRs for research has led to work, such as a recent paper from The Netherlands, attempting to establish quality criteria for these EMRs to be used in research (1). In the UK, the General Practice Research Database has recently become the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and aims to substantially extend its coverage in terms of population size and also the sources of data available (2).…”

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