Antonio Gimeno Miguel

1. Refbio Fase IIRefbio Fase II
Antonio Gimeno Miguel
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
Research Assistant
Integration of different health
information sources for research
on health and chronicity

2. Refbio Fase IIRefbio Fase II
What do we do
• Epidemiology of chronic diseases and multimorbidity.
• Health services utilization in patients affected by chronic
conditions.
• Interventions in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy.
• Pharmacoepidemiological studies regarding different chronic
diseases.
• Conformation and quality control of clinical-administrative
databases for research.
EpiChron Research Group on
Chronic Diseases:
Antonio Gimeno Miguel
agimenomi.iacs@aragon.es
IACS
Research Assistant

3. Refbio Fase IIRefbio Fase II
The EpiChron Cohort
• Population cohort (1.3M inhabitants of Aragon).
• Links the information of clinical-administrative databases from
different health care settings (Primary Care, Specialties, Hospital,
Emergency room, Prescriptions, Pharmacy billing):
– Socio-administrative data, clinical data, general descriptors,
care services utilization data, drug prescription data, mortality.
• Anonymised.
• Longitudinal (follow up period: 2010-2020).
• Quality control proccess: From `raw´ variables to information.
Conformation and quality control of clinical-administrative
databases for research

4. Refbio Fase IIRefbio Fase II
The EpiChron Cohort
• We have: `Raw´ variables from original databases (contacts of a
given patient with the National Health System).
• We make: Quality control process: depuration techniques,
creation of new variables, missing data, mapping, etc.
• Our target: Integrated information useful for research in
chronicity.
Conformation and quality control of clinical-administrative
databases for research

5. Refbio Fase IIRefbio Fase II
We are looking for partners
• Interested in research on chronic diseases through the integration
of clinical-administrative databases.
• With experience in health databases management to help in the
improvement of their exploitation.
• With own cohorts to conduct cross-national comparisons.
What we offer
• Data sharing, previous experience in national and international
projects, multidisciplinary research team.
Conformation and quality control of clinical-administrative
databases for research

6. Gracias
www.refbio.eu
Antonio Gimeno Miguel
agimenomi.iacs@aragon.es
Programa financiado por el FEDER