Atlas VPM, which is coordinated by the IACS, is recognized by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and Equality, as a valid registry of the National Health System. The activity of the Atlas VPM initiative focuses on the evaluation of health system performance, and the study of the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions and health policies through the publication of atlases. On an annual basis, the research group receives from the health authorities of each autonomous community data on all hospital episodes recorded in publicly financed hospitals of the Spanish national health system. Based on these data (including the administrative and clinical attributes of each episode), and geolocation of the patients in their health area, basic health area, and care centre through innovative, efficient, and interoperable data management, the research group transforms, analyses, and synthesizes data, and places an emphasis on reporting their research findings in a manner that ensures interactive public access.
www.atlasvpm.org/publicaciones/ Enrique Bernal-Delgado
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Outstanding publications:
González-Galindo, Javier, Estupiñán-Romero, Francisco, Martínez-Lizaga, Natalia, Ridao-López, Manuel, Garcí; a-Armesto, Sandra, Seral -Rodríguez, Miriam, Comendeiro-Maaløe, Micaela, Angulo-Pueyo, Ester, & Bernal-Delgado, Enrique. (2022). ATLASVPM - Common data model | ATLASVPM Common Data Model. In Atlas of variations in medical practice in the national health system. ISSN: 2529-9255 (1.0.0, Vol. 1, Number 1). Zenodo.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006136
• Manuel Ridao Lopez; Francisco Estupiñán Romero; Natalia Martínez Lizaga; Miriam Seral Rodríguez; Ester Angulo Pueyo; Micaela Comendeiro Maaløe; Ramón Launa Garcés; Enrique Bernal Delgado. Georeferenced map of the basic health zones of ARAGON. Year 2017. Spain. 06/13/2018. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1288388
Latest published atlases:
• Atlas of unjustified variations in the quality of hospital care. Variability, Performance and Temporary Projection. DECEMBER, 2021
• Atlas of variations in pediatric hospitalizations. SEPTEMBER, 2021
• Atlas of variations in surgical oncology. Data update 2018. MAY, 2021
• Atlas for monitoring diabetes care. MAY, 2021
• Atlas of unjustified variations in the quality of hospital care. APRIL, 2021
• Atlas of Variations in
Principal investigator
Institutions
Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud
