Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark

Purpose This paper describes the open cohort CROSS-TRACKS, which comprises population-based data from primary care, secondary care and national registries to study patient pathways and transitions across sectors while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.Participants A total of 221 283 ind...

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Main Authors: Anders Hammerich Riis, Pia Kjær Kristensen, Matilde Grøndahl Petersen, Ninna Hinchely Ebdrup, Simon Meyer Lauritsen, Marianne Johansson Jørgensen
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
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Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e039996.full
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author Anders Hammerich Riis
Pia Kjær Kristensen
Matilde Grøndahl Petersen
Ninna Hinchely Ebdrup
Simon Meyer Lauritsen
Marianne Johansson Jørgensen
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description Purpose This paper describes the open cohort CROSS-TRACKS, which comprises population-based data from primary care, secondary care and national registries to study patient pathways and transitions across sectors while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.Participants A total of 221 283 individuals resided in the four Danish municipalities that constituted the catchment area of Horsens Regional Hospital in 2012–2018. A total of 96% of the population used primary care, 35% received at least one transfer payment and 66% was in contact with a hospital at least once in the period. Additional clinical information is available for hospital contacts (eg, alcohol intake, smoking status, body mass index and blood pressure). A total of 23% (n=8191) of individuals aged ≥65 years had at least one potentially preventable hospital admission, and 73% (n=5941) of these individuals had more than one.Findings to date The cohort is currently used for research projects in epidemiology and artificial intelligence. These projects comprise a prediction model for potentially preventable hospital admissions, a clinical decision support system based on artificial intelligence, prevention of medication errors in the transition between sectors, health behaviour and sociodemographic characteristics of men and women prior to fertility treatment, and a recently published study applying machine learning methods for early detection of sepsis.Future plans The CROSS-TRACKS cohort will be expanded to comprise the entire Central Denmark Region consisting of 1.3 million residents. The cohort can provide new knowledge on how to best organise interventions across healthcare sectors and prevent potentially preventable hospital admissions. Such knowledge would benefit both the individual citizen and society as a whole.
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spelling doaj-art-d9250f85daf24b2a80e244be519476d92024-11-17T03:05:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-10-01101010.1136/bmjopen-2020-039996Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in DenmarkAnders Hammerich Riis0Pia Kjær Kristensen1Matilde Grøndahl Petersen2Ninna Hinchely Ebdrup3Simon Meyer Lauritsen4Marianne Johansson Jørgensen5Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Orthopaedic, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Research, Horsens Regional Hospital, Horsens, DenmarkDepartment of Research, Horsens Regional Hospital, Horsens, DenmarkEnversion A/S, Aarhus, DenmarkDepartment of Research, Horsens Regional Hospital, Horsens, DenmarkPurpose This paper describes the open cohort CROSS-TRACKS, which comprises population-based data from primary care, secondary care and national registries to study patient pathways and transitions across sectors while adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.Participants A total of 221 283 individuals resided in the four Danish municipalities that constituted the catchment area of Horsens Regional Hospital in 2012–2018. A total of 96% of the population used primary care, 35% received at least one transfer payment and 66% was in contact with a hospital at least once in the period. Additional clinical information is available for hospital contacts (eg, alcohol intake, smoking status, body mass index and blood pressure). A total of 23% (n=8191) of individuals aged ≥65 years had at least one potentially preventable hospital admission, and 73% (n=5941) of these individuals had more than one.Findings to date The cohort is currently used for research projects in epidemiology and artificial intelligence. These projects comprise a prediction model for potentially preventable hospital admissions, a clinical decision support system based on artificial intelligence, prevention of medication errors in the transition between sectors, health behaviour and sociodemographic characteristics of men and women prior to fertility treatment, and a recently published study applying machine learning methods for early detection of sepsis.Future plans The CROSS-TRACKS cohort will be expanded to comprise the entire Central Denmark Region consisting of 1.3 million residents. The cohort can provide new knowledge on how to best organise interventions across healthcare sectors and prevent potentially preventable hospital admissions. Such knowledge would benefit both the individual citizen and society as a whole.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e039996.full
spellingShingle Anders Hammerich Riis
Pia Kjær Kristensen
Matilde Grøndahl Petersen
Ninna Hinchely Ebdrup
Simon Meyer Lauritsen
Marianne Johansson Jørgensen
Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
BMJ Open
title Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
title_full Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
title_fullStr Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
title_full_unstemmed Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
title_short Cohort profile: CROSS-TRACKS: a population-based open cohort across healthcare sectors in Denmark
title_sort cohort profile cross tracks a population based open cohort across healthcare sectors in denmark
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