Epidemiological studies are the mainstay to better understand and plan regional healthcare. It is also very important to implement programs for quality-of-care evaluation and improvement. To fulfill that last objective, prospective registries and retrospective analysis of real-life clinical practices are essential. Continuous national registries can support continuous quality improvement at the hospital and country level and have proven to be effective in both Europe and North America. These systems use continuous data collection and provide online reports focusing on the […]