Occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease in central Italy: a study based on health information systems

Riccardo Di Domenicantonio, Giovanna Cappai, Massimo Arcà, Nera Agabiti, Anna Kohn, Piero Vernia, Livia Biancone, Alessandro Armuzzi, Claudio Papi, Marina Davoli

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivista

37 Citazioni (Scopus)

Abstract

The burden of inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, has never been estimated in Italy using administrative data sources. Our objective was to measure the occurrence of inflammatory bowel diseases in the Lazio region (Italy) using administrative data and to test the sensitivity of the Crohn's disease case-finding algorithm with respect to clinical diagnosis.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)777-782
Numero di pagine6
RivistaDigestive and Liver Disease
Volume46
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2014

Keywords

  • Accuracy
  • Crohn's disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Health information system
  • Ulcerative colitis

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