Data Source

Last updated on: 13/06/2018

1. Contact details

This data source is maintained by the following centre registered in the ENCePP inventory of research centres: ARS

Name of data sourceAgenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana

Name under which the data source should be displayed in the inventory (e.g short name if one exists)ARS

Name of organisation

1) Department/research groupOsservatorio di Epidemiologia

2) Organisation/affiliationAgenzia regionale di sanità della Toscana (ARS)

Website/homepagehttp://www.ars.toscana.it/it/

Administrative Contact

Title Mr

Last name Lachi

First name Daniele

Address line 1Via Pietro Dazzi 1

Address line 2

Address line 3

CityFlorence

Postcode50141

CountryItaly

Email address daniele.lachi@ars.toscana.it

Scientific Contact

Title Dr

Last name Gini

First name Rosa

Address line 1Via Pietro Dazzi 1

Address line 250141

Address line 3

CityFlorence

Postcode50141

CountryItaly

Email address rosa.gini@ars.toscana.it

2. Description/category

Disease/case registry

Administrative database, e.g. claims database

Pharmacy dispensing database

3.1 Coverage of licensed medicinal products

Licensed Medicinal Product Comments

Hospital data Prescription drugs that are dispensed in Tuscany opon specialist prescrition by hospital pharmacies for outpatient/ambulatory use are recorded and can be linked to patient ID. Total amount of medicinal products used during inpatient care can be retrieved but they are not linkable to patient ID

Community / general practice data Prescription drugs in charge to the NHS by that are dispensed by a community pharmacy within the Tuscany territory

Vaccines A partial dataset is available

3.2 ATC code (5th level)

Yes

3.3 Other product dictionaries

italian marketing authorisation code (AIC)

3.4 Recording of indication for use

4. Coverage of events

Event Dictionary Dictionary details

Symptoms/signs Yes ICD9CM (in emergency room)

Discharge diagnosis Yes ICD9CM

Death Yes ICD9CM

Procedures Yes ICD9CM or local Italian coding system

Teratogenic events Yes ICD9CM

Specific event

Description: information at birth on newborn(s) and mother; results from pathology tests (both in SNOMED and free text) Yes ICD9CM

16. Selected publications of the last 5 calendar years using data from this data source

ReferenceLink to web-publication

Marcianò I, Ingrasciotta Y, Giorgianni F, Ientile V, Chinellato A, Tari DU, et al. Pattern of Use of Biosimilar and Originator Somatropin in Italy: A Population-Based Multiple Databases Study During the Years 2009–2014. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2018http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00095/full

Roberto G, Bartolini C, Rea F, Onder G, Vitale C, Trifirò G, et al. NSAIDs utilization for musculoskeletal indications in elderly patients with cerebro/cardiovascular disease. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2018;https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00228-018-2411-y

Roberto G, Leal I, Sattar N, Loomis AK, Avillach P, Egger P, et al. Identifying Cases of Type 2 Diabetes in Heterogeneous Data Sources: Strategy from the EMIF Project. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(8):e0160648. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0160648

Coloma PM, Schuemie MJ, Trifirò G, Furlong L, van Mulligen E, Bauer-Mehren A, et al. Drug-Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction: Identifying ‘Prime Suspects’ from Electronic Healthcare Records-Based Surveillance System. PLoS ONE. 28 agosto 2013;8(8):e72148. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0072148

Charlton RA, Klungsøyr K, Neville AJ, Jordan S, Pierini A, Berg LTW de J den, et al. Prescribing of Antidiabetic Medicines before, during and after Pregnancy: A Study in Seven European Regions. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(5):e0155737. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155737

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