Last updated on: 27/01/2021
1. Contact details
This data source is maintained by the following centre registered in the ENCePP inventory of research centres: Erasmus MC Pharmacoepi
Name of data sourceIPCI (Integrated Primary Care Information)
Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)IPCI
Name of organisation
1) Department/research groupDepartment of Medical Informatics
2) Organisation/affiliationErasmus University Medical Center
Administrative Contact
Title Mrs
Last name Tineke
First name de Ben
Address line 1Erasmus MC
Address line 2Dep. of Medical Informatics
Address line 3PO BOX 2040
CityRotterdam
Postcode3000 CA
CountryNetherlands
Scientific Contact
Title Dr
Last name Verhamme
First name Katia
Address line 1Erasmus MC
Address line 2Dep. of Medical Informatics
Address line 3PO BOX 2040
CityRotterdam
Postcode3000 CA
CountryNetherlands
2. Description/category
Routine primary care electronic patient registry
3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products
Licensed Medicinal Product
Comments
Hospital data
Community / general practice data
Vaccines
3.2 ATC code (5th level)
Yes
3.3 Other product dictionaries
No
3.4 Recording of indication for use
Yes
Is a coding dictionary being used? ICPC
4. Coverage of events
Event
Dictionary
Dictionary details
Symptoms/signs
No
Diagnosis in primary care
Yes
ICPC
Discharge diagnosis
No
Laboratory values
Yes
WCIA
Death
No
Procedures
No
5. Year of establishment
1994
6. Geographical origin of data
EEA/EFTA countries
Netherlands
7. Demographical extent of data collection
Nation-wide
8. Age groups
17 years and under [Paediatrics]
preterm newborn infants
term newborn infants (0 to 27 days)
infants and toddlers (28 days to 23 months)
children (2 to 11 years)
adolescents (12 to 17 years)
18 to 45 years
46 to 64 years
65 years and over
65 to 75 years
76 years and over
9. Size of the source/catchment population
900,000
10 a. Total (cumulative) number of persons with actual data
1,200,000
10 b. Number of persons with active data collection in past calendar year
900,000
11. Possibility to obtain additional information on the patient
a) Clinical information from treating physician?
Yes
b) Questionnaire data from the patient?
Yes
c) Genetic information or samples?
Yes
12. Possibility of links to other sources of data
Yes :
vaccine registries
hospitalizations
13. Written policy governing data access
Yes
14. Committee to evaluate requests for data access
Yes
15. Charge/fee for data access
Yes
Special arrangements for academic purposes:
Yes
16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years using data from this data source
ReferenceLink to web-publication
1: van Soest EM, Valkhoff VE, Mazzaglia G, Schade R, Molokhia M, Goldstein JL,
Hernández-Díaz S, Trifirò G, Dieleman JP, Kuipers EJ, Sturkenboom MC. Suboptimal
gastroprotective coverage of NSAID use and the risk of upper gastrointestinal
bleeding and ulcers: an observational study using three European databases. Gut.
2011 Jun 2.
PMID: 21636644.
Sen EF, Verhamme KM, Felisi M, 't Jong GW, Giaquinto C, Picelli G, Ceci A,
Sturkenboom MC; on behalf of the TEDDY European Network of Excellence. Effects of
safety warnings on prescription rates of cough and cold medicines in children
below 2 years of age. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Jun;71(6):943-950.
PMID: 21564162
van Noord C, Dieleman JP, van Herpen G, Verhamme K, Sturkenboom MC.
Domperidone and ventricular arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death: a
population-based case-control study in the Netherlands. Drug Saf. 2010 Nov 1;33(11):1003-14.
PMID: 20925438.
Trifirò G, Gambassi G, Sen EF, Caputi AP, Bagnardi V, Brea J, Sturkenboom MC.
Association of community-acquired pneumonia with antipsychotic drug use in
elderly patients: a nested case-control study. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Apr 6;152(7):418-25, W139-40. PMID: 20368647.
de Mos M, Huygen FJ, Stricker BH, Dieleman JP, Sturkenboom MC. The association between ACE inhibitors and the complex regional pain syndrome: Suggestions for a
neuro-inflammatory pathogenesis of CRPS. Pain. 2009 Apr;142(3):218-24. Epub 2009 Feb 4. PMID: 19195784
