title: The Rochester Epidemiology Project: exploiting the capabilities for population-based research in rheumatic diseases.
abstract: The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) is a patient record-based database based upon a medical records-linkage system for all residents of the Olmsted County, MN, USA. This comprehensive system includes all health-care providers of patients resident in this geographically defined region. It uniquely enables long-term population-based studies of all medical conditions occurring in this population; their incidence and prevalence; permits examination of disease risk and protective factors, health resource utilization and cost as well as translational studies in rheumatic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Hilal Maradit
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kremers
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myasoedova
authors.forename: Cynthia S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Crowson
authors.forename: Guergana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Savova
authors.forename: Sherine E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: Eric L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Matteson
mesh_terms: D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D008910:Minnesota; D012107:Research Design; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*