Estimate of the prevalence of subjects with chronic diseases in a province of Northern Italy: a retrospective study based on administrative databases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To find a definition of chronic disease based on literature review and to estimate the population-based prevalence rate of chronicity in a province in Northern Italy.

Design

Retrospective observational study based on administrative databases.

Data sources/setting

Archives of the National Health Service that contain demographic and administrative information linked with the archives of ticket exemptions (2000-2019), the hospital discharge and drug prescriptions (2016-2019).

Participants

Subjects who lived in Vercelli Local Health Authority, a Northern Italian province (Piedmont region), and were alive in December 2019.

Main outcome measures

Prevalence of subjects with at least one chronic disease identified by administrative sources and stratifi

SUBMITTER: Airoldi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature