[The use of administrative health databases in infectious disease epidemiology and public health]. / Apport des bases médico-administratives en épidémiologie et santé publique des maladies infectieuses.
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
; 65 Suppl 4: S174-S182, 2017 Oct.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28624133
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The public health burden resulting from infectious diseases requires efforts in surveillance and evaluation of health care. The use of administrative health databases (AHD) and in particular the French national health insurance database (SNIIRAM) is an opportunity to improve knowledge in this field. The SNIIRAM data network (REDSIAM) workshop dedicated to infectious diseases conducted a narrative literature review of studies using French AHD. From the results, benefits and limits of these new tools in the field of infectious diseases are presented.METHODS:
Publications identified by the members of the workgroup were collected using an analytical framework that documented the pathology of interest, the aim of the study, the goal of the developed algorithm, the kind of data, the study period, and the presence of an evaluation or a discussion of the performance of the performed algorithm.RESULTS:
Fifty-five articles were identified. A majority focused on the field of vaccination coverage and joint infections. Excluding vaccine coverage field, the aim of 28 studies was epidemiological surveillance. Twenty-six studies used hospital databases exclusively, 18 used ambulatory databases exclusively and 4 used both. Validation or discussion of the performed algorithm was present in 18 studies.CONCLUSIONS:
The literature review confirmed the interest of the French AHD in the infectious diseases field. The AHD are additional tools of the existing surveillance systems and their use will probably be more frequent in the coming years given their advantage and reliability. However, incoming users need to be assisted. Thus, the workgroup will contribute to a reasonable use of AHD and support future developments.Key words
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Health
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Communicable Diseases
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Databases, Factual
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National Health Programs
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article