In the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR), orthopaedic surgeons, residents or A&E (Accident & Emergency Department) doctors register data on all extremity, pelvic and spine fractures that have been diagnosed or treated at the affiliated departments. Both surgical and non-surgical treatments are registered, as well as subsequent treatments such as planned treatments or non-planned treatments as reoperations. More than 910,000 fractures are currently registered in the database.
What's new
Colombia becomes our 55th country, and the Sistema Integrado de Información de la Protección Social - Integrated Social Protection Information System (SISPRO) becomes our 425th healthcare database profile.
Austria and Montenegro – We now have databases from these two countries for the first time in our resource:
Researchers, Mentors and PhD students, consider subscribing to B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA®* and find the perfect database for your study or project! B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA® is a unique online reference profiling population healthcare databases for use in epidemiology and health outcomes research.
The Nurses' Health Studies, comprising 4 cohorts - NHS, NHS2, NHS3 and GUTS (Growing Up Today Study), are among the largest prospective investigations into the risk factors for major chronic diseases in women and more recently, men. Starting with the original Nurses’ Health Study in 1976, the studies are now in their third generation with Nurses’ Health Study 3 (still enrolling male and female nurses) and count >275,000 participants. Forty-seven years since the beginning, over 200,000 participants continue to contribute data, biospecimens, and participate in ancillary studies.
Do you know anyone who may qualify for the Judith K. Jones Award for Impact on Public Health through Pharmacoepidemiology? See this link and nominate them by January 31, 2024. (NOTE: You do have to be a member of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology to nominate, but the nominee does not have to be one.
- The Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register (SRQ) is a national quality register with the aim of continuously improving the treatment and follow-up of patients with rheumatic diseases. SRQ was started in 1996, mainly for patients with RA, but over time it has been expanded to cover several other rheumatic diseases including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), myositis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and additional conditions.
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