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The Featured File for the Month on ProQuest Dialog is the Incidence and Prevalence Database (IPD), a comprehensive database in the medical and healthcare areas covering incidence and prevalence data. This overview provides details about the database, how you can use it and the advantages of doing so.
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Epidemiology databases are designed to be the most comprehensive "first-look" at any disease, procedure, symptom, or health issue. The IPD covers over 4,500 diseases and procedures for incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, co-morbidity, treated or diagnosed rates, cost and much more. Every data citation is attached to its original source. Updated quarterly by Timely Data Resources, Inc., the database covers from 1994 to the present.
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Comprehensive content coverage includes more than 280 medical journals, over 35 government and industry agencies and all countries and regions where data is available. Reports, statistics and research projects, as well as data retrieved from websites, surveys and associations, are reviewed.
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IPD includes summaries of incidence and prevalence data found in medical literature. Data is fully sourced and is broken down by U.S. and international data, which includes non-U.S. country-specific data. Statistical summaries allow researchers to see all prevalence and incidence data found in the IPD for a particular disease or procedure. In addition, the summary includes 6-year U.S. trend data for hospital inpatients and outpatients, physician office visits, and emergency department visits. Fully sourced, article reviews emphasize topics such as incidence, prevalence, disease background, morbidity, mortality, course of illness, cost, and more. Condensed notes about the study design are also included to provide vital contextual information. Ranked lists of the top 300 inpatient diseases, in/outpatient procedures, length of stay, physician office visits and emergency department visits illustrate where patient activity is focused.
Current Medical Diagnosis Treatment (CMDT) is the most comprehensive, reliable, and timely reference available to answer common questions in everyday clinical practice. CMDT covers all aspects of outpatient and inpatient care, as well as authoritative descriptions of new developments in medicine. It includes information on over 1,000 diseases and disorders with an emphasis on prevention and cost-effective treatments.
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How is the data gathered? Analysts appraise the text, tables, figures, and references of hundreds of full-text medical journals, government audits, and other industry sources on an ongoing basis. They write a customized Article Review that includes epidemiological data and methodology details. Top-line Summary reports are compiled from Article Reviews to provide a comprehensive look at selected diseases or procedures in a single report. All data is fully cited and linked to the Article Review and from there to the original full-text of the document.
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Incidence and Prevalence Database is used by those involved in market research, product development, strategic planning, new business development, clinical research, licensing, stock market analysis, and the medical field in general.
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Use the IPD to answer questions such as these: "How many peripheral bypass surgeries were performed during the past five years?" "What does a hip replacement cost?" "What are the comparisons of breast cancer incidence in Japan, England, Italy and Germany?" "What are the most common diseases that afflict the elderly?"
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When you log in to ProQuest Dialog, select the Incidence & Prevalence Database from the Healthcare category. You see a short description of the database, and you can start your search by typing your search terms in the search box.
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In a search for multiple sclerosis in 2009 to 2010, you retrieve 97 results.
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This sample full-text record illustrates the type of information in IPD. The title, source and date appear at the top of the record. The Statistics and Trends section provides U.S. Trends—inpatient, outpatient, emergency and doctor office visits. For inpatient visits primary diagnosis and the number of days in the hospital are listed and for others the number of visits.
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Starting with the United States, Section 2 displays global incidence followed by prevalence. These are detailed accounts of studies and statistics. Next International incidence and prevalence followed by worldwide pediatric population. Focus continues on specific countries including Italy, the United Kingdom, Greece and more.
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This part of the record illustrates France. Notice the source of the data is listed at the bottom.
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A text section provides the study design and Discussion of the results.
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Notes including definitions and diagnosis and classification follow.
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Suggested reading including treatment, diagnostic, and other areas is included along with additional resources. At the bottom of the record are References.
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Indexing completes each record. Notice there are links to classification, keywords and the document URL. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a medical classification that provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or disease. Under this system, every health condition can be assigned to a unique category and given a code, up to six characters long. Such categories can include a set of similar diseases.
Overview Listings of general ICD-9 codes and areas of interest make finding data for broader research easier, e.g. cancer, emergency department, general statistics, and geriatrics. Most ICD codes have a number of associated Article Reviews that provide the latest medical research findings to complement the incidence and prevalence data, including morbidity, mortality, natural history, concomitant diseases, cost issues, and other vital clinical and demographic information.
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As you can see, the Incidence and Prevalence Database provides unique, comprehensive information about medical issues worldwide. To learn more about IPD, review the ProSheet for ProQuest Dialog or the Bluesheet when searching legacy Dialog. Read the story on the Featured File in the Chronolog and learn what IPD can do for you! Make sure you are signed up for the Chronolog to see all the news at Dialog and learn more about other featured files each month. If you have any questions, you can also contact the Knowledge Center by phone or email at .
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This completes our overview of the Incidence and Prevalence Database. We know you will find this comprehensive database helpful in both business and medical searches you conduct. Make it a priority to use when you need authoritative information. Be sure to visit www.dialog.com/proquestdialog, where you will find additional training and support and valuable information on getting the most out of ProQuest Dialog.
