Croatian National Diabetes Registry

Summary

The registry covers most Croatian diabetic patients for a long period of time. It provides very detailed, complete coverage of diabetics, and is a stable and harmonized data source.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Other: Longitudinal survey

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated tables

Formats available
Excel

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data has been collected every year until 2012.

First year of collection
2000

Stratification if applicable
Stratification by county, age, sex, diagnosis

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range
Individual age for each diabetes patient

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The data cover diabetes patients registered in health system. The data source allows for a detailed study.

Linkage

Standardisation
CroDiab is the part of the IDF (International Diabetes Federation)

Possibility of linkage among databases
A common variable is patient ID.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
NA

Breaks
NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
NA

Governance

Contact information
Vuk Vrhovac, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
University Clinic for Diabetes
Dugi Dol 4a
10000 Zagreb Croatia Phone: +38512353800
Email: CroDiab(at)idb.hr
Url: http://www.idb.hr/web_english/crodiabnet.htm

Timeliness, transparency
Data is available within one year of collection.