Data Source

Registry

Type of Study

Longitudinal survey

Data gathering method

Registries

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Free access

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Up to one year

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

Aggregated tables

Formats available

Excel

Language issues

Data is available in English and Croatian.

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

Registry

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range

Individual age for each diabetes patient

Statistical representativeness

Diabetes patients

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

The data cover diabetes patients registered in health system. The data source allows for a detailed study.

Further Reading

• Nacionalni registar osoba sa šećernom bolešću - Izvješće za 2011

Standardisation

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

Possibility of linkage among databases

A common variable is patient ID.

Entry errors if applicable

NA

Breaks

NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

NA

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.