Existing Data Sources in Clinical Epidemiology: The Danish COVID-19 Cohort
subject: epidemiology, covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, prognosis, follow-up, Database, prospective cohort
description: Anton Pottegård,1 Kasper Bruun Kristensen,1 Mette Reilev,1 Lars Christian Lund,1 Martin Thomsen Ernst,1 Jesper Hallas,1,2 Reimar Wernich Thomsen,3 Christian Fynbo Christiansen,3 Henrik Toft Sørensen,3,4 Nanna Borup Johansen,5 Henrik Støvring,1,6 Steffen Christensen,7 Marianne Kragh Thomsen,8 Anders Husby,9 Marianne Voldstedlund,10 Jesper Kjær,11 Nikolai C Brun5 1Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 3Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 4Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 5Department of Medical Evaluation and Biostatistics, Danish Medicines Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark; 6Department of Public Health – Biostatistics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 7Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 8Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 9Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; 10Infection Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; 11Data Analytics Center, Danish Medicines Agency, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence: Anton PottegårdClinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, JB Winsløws Vej 19, 2, Odense DK-5000, DenmarkTel +45 28913340Email apottegaard@health.sdu.dkBackground: To facilitate research on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a prospective cohort of all Danish residents tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark is established.Data Structure: All Danish residents tested by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 in Denmark are included. The cohort is identified using the Danish Microbiology Database. Individual-level record lin…
creator: Pottegård A, Kristensen KB, Reilev M, Lund LC, Ernst MT, Hallas J, Thomsen RW, Christiansen CF, Sørensen HT, Johansen NB, Støvring H, Christensen S, Kragh Thomsen M, Husby A, Voldstedlund M, Kjær J, Brun NC
source: Biotemas
publisher: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
date: 2020
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases