An easy, fast, effective tool to monitor the incidence of type 1 diabetes among children aged 0–4 years in Italy: the Italian Hospital Discharge Registry (IHDR)
Vichi M, Iafusco D, Galderisi A, Stazi M, Nisticò L. An easy, fast, effective tool to monitor the incidence of type 1 diabetes among children aged 0–4 years in Italy: the Italian Hospital Discharge Registry (IHDR). Acta Diabetologica 2014, 51: 287-294. PMID: 24473635, DOI: 10.1007/s00592-014-0556-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 diabetes incidenceType 1 diabetesHospital Discharge RegistryDiabetes incidenceDischarge RegistryFirst hospitalizationFirst hospitalization ratesPublic health purposesIncident hospitalizationHospitalization ratesCalendar periodPrevalent casesFirst episodeHospitalizationDiabetesOverall populationNational ratesIncidenceAge rangeYear residentsHealth purposesNational dataRegistryRecord linkage procedureChildren