Integrated Computerized Network General Practices (INTEGO)
INTEGO aimed to develop a large database on morbidity in primary care, to provide information on incidence and prevalence of diseases in Flanders, Belgium, but also on diagnostic tests and treatments in general practice. The collection of data had to be done semi-automatically by which the data from the electronic medical records were copied and imported into a database. INTEGO has built a database that contains about 3 million diagnoses, 27 million laboratory results and 12 million prescriptions for medication. Coded personal data has been registered since 1994 concerning the health of patients from the participating general practices in Flanders.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
285,357 (participants as of 2011)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Flemish population according to age and gender.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family (Departement Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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