TY - JOUR
T1 - The Psychiatric Case Register Middle Netherlands
AU - Smeets, Hugo M.
AU - Laan, Wijnand
AU - Engelhard, Iris M.
AU - Boks, Marco P. M.
AU - Geerlings, Mirjam I.
AU - de Wit, Niek J.
PY - 2011/6/29
Y1 - 2011/6/29
N2 - 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. © 2011 Smeets et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
AB - 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. © 2011 Smeets et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21714926
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-106
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-106
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 21714926
SN - 1471-244X
VL - 11
JO - BMC psychiatry
JF - BMC psychiatry
M1 - 106
ER -