Table 1.

Projects for the use of available data sources in diabetes surveillance

The harmonisation and correlation of register data
Project aims	► Prevalence estimates of type 1 diabetes in adults ► Prevalence estimates of type 2 diabetes in adolescents (11-17 years)
Data source(s)	► Child Diabetes Register DIARY (Diabetes Incidence Registry) ► Diabetes Register North Rhine-Westphalia ► Saxony’s Diabetes Register ► Diabetes Patients Progress Documentation (DPV-Register)
Project partners	► University of Ulm ► University of Tübingen ► Technical University Dresden ► German Diabetes Centre (DDZ), Düsseldorf
Measuring the quality of care using routine data
Project aims	► Definition of core indicators measuring care quality ► Determination of a minimum data set
Data source(s)	► Routine data from AOK (a large statuatory health insurance company) Baden-Württemberg
Project partners	► University of Heidelberg ► Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care (AQUA) Göttingen
Expansion of data on quality of care in cases of gestational diabetes
Project aims	► Expansion of the gestational diabetes register and the development of a pilot region (North Rhine) ► Analysis of the quality of care provided to women with gestational diabetes ► Analysis of gestational diabetes screening
Data source(s)	► Gestational diabetes register (GestDiab)
Project partners	► Scientific Institute of established Diabetologists (winDiab)
Surveillance of potentially avoidable hospital admissions (AHA) in cases of diabetes mellitus
Project aims	► Definition of relevant indicators for analysis of AHA in cases of diabetes mellitus ► Calculation of population-based rates of AHA ► Setting up of a time series 2005-2014
Data source(s)	► Statistics on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) (Federal Statistical Office)
Project partners	► Hochschule Niederrhein