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Table 1 Survey questions and ATC prescription drug codes for chronic disease case ascertainment, HISLINK 2013, Belgium

From: Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium

Chronic diseases

Survey questions:

“Have you suffered during the last 12 months from … “

ATC-codes

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes?

A10A

A10B

Cardiovascular diseases

Myocardial infarction?

C01

Coronary disease?

C02

Hypertension?

C03

Stroke?

C07

Other serious heart disease?

C08

C09

COPD

COPD?

R03BB

R03DA04

R03Aa

R03BAa

Asthma

Asthma?

R03DC01

R03DC03

R03DX05

R03Ab

R03BAb

Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease?

N04AB

N04AC

N04B

Epilepsy

epilepsy?

N03

Thyroid disorders

thyroid disorders?

H03AA

  1. a For people aged > 50 years
  2. b For people aged < = 50 years