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- Title
The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands.
- Authors
Smeets, Hugo M.; Laan, Wijnand; Engelhard, Iris M.; Boks, Marco P. M.; Geerlings, Mirjam I.; de Wit, Niek J.
- Abstract
Background: The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands (PCR-MN) registers the mental healthcare consumption of over Dutch 760,000 inhabitants in the centre of the Netherlands. In 2010 the follow-up period was over ten years. In this paper we describe the content, aims and research potential of this case register. Description: All mental healthcare institutions in the middle-western part of the province of Utrecht participate in the PCR-MN case register. All in- and out-patients treated in these institutions have been included in the database from the period 2000 to 2010. Diagnosis according to DSM-IV on axis I to IV, visits to in- and out-patient clinics and basic demographics are recorded. A major advantage of this register is the possibility to link patients anonymously from the PCR-MN cohort to other databases to analyze relationships with determinants and outcomes, such as somatic healthcare consumption, mortality, and demographics, which further increases the research potential Conclusions: The PCR-MN database has a large potential for scientific research because of its size, duration of follow-up and ability to link with additional databases, and is accessible for academic researchers.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL health; MEDICAL research; MEDICAL sciences
- Publication
BMC Psychiatry, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
1471-244X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-244X-11-106