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Table 1 Sources and codes for identification of chronically ill patients

From: Daytime use of general practice and use of the Out-of-Hours Primary Care Service for patients with chronic disease: a cohort study

 

National registries in Denmark

Variables

Heart disease

Danish National Registry of Patients

ICD-10: I20, I21

Lung disease

Danish National Registry of Patients

ICD-10: J40-J47, or J96

Danish National Health Service Register

Service codes: 7113, 7121 (spirometries)

 

Danish National Prescription Registry

ATC codes: R03AC, R03AK, R03BA, R03BB, R03CC, R03DA, R03DC, V03AN01 (oxygen)

Diabetes

Danish National Diabetes Register

Civil registration numbers (CPR) corresponding registry data

Psychiatric disease

Danish Psychiatric Central Registry

ICD-10: F20, F25, F30, F31

Cancer

Danish Cancer Registry

ICD-10: C00-C97 (excl. C44)