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. 2014 Nov 7;14:1157. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1157

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© Zellweger et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014

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Comparison of age- and gender-specific prevalence estimates of diabetes mellitus based on complementary data sources. Diabetes mellitus was defined as drug use or diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in Swiss health survey (SHS), as drug use or diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or glucose measurement (serum glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L or HbA1c ≥6.5%) in primary care data (FIRE), and as ICD-10 codes E10-14 as secondary diagnoses in hospital discharge statistics (MEDSTAT). Results based on less than 30 observations are marked by an asterisk. (Data sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office for Swiss Health Survey [SHS] and Hospital Discharge Statistics [MEDSTAT]; Swiss Family Medicine International Classification of Primary Care Research using Electronic Medical Record project for primary care data [FIRE]).