PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Metsemakers, J F
AU  - Höppener, P
AU  - Knottnerus, J A
AU  - Kocken, R J
AU  - Limonard, C B
TI  - Computerized health information in The Netherlands: a registration network of family practices.
DP  - 1992 Mar 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 102--106
VI  - 42
IP  - 356
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/42/356/102.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/42/356/102.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1992 Mar 01; 42
AB  - A registration network of family practices (Registratienet Huisartspraktijken) has recently been established in the Netherlands. Forty two general practitioners in 15 practices, with a patient population of 80,000 people, are using a general practice health information system to establish a central computerized anonymous database containing certain patient characteristics and all relevant health problems. By September 1990 patient characteristics and problem lists for 32,972 patients had been entered and a total of 94,476 health problems had been identified. The database has been set up primarily as a sampling frame, allowing researchers to identify patients with particular health problems. The database can also provide descriptive data on prevalence and incidence rates, fulfil a monitoring function and provide data for practice audit, medical education and health management.