title: [Identification and selection of diseases of possible occupational origin managed through the National Health System].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify and select common diseases of possible occupational origin, managed through the Spanish National Health System.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Catalonia (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected on people over 15 years of age who were seen for the first time in a primary care clinic or were admitted to a hospital or had an episode of non-occupational sickness absence in catalonia in 2008 or died in this region in 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 407 diagnostic codes for possible occupationally-related diseases were selected from a modified version of the european union ICD-10 list of diagnostic codes, from which 34 were selected and assessed by an expert panel.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The initial 34 diagnoses represented 6.7% of all new outpatient visits, 13.8% of the sickness absence episodes, 13.6% of acute admissions and 15.8% of all annual deaths. Asthma appeared prominently in all four databases. The list was pared down to a final list of 26 four-digit icd-10 codes, that accounted for 3.3% of the first visits, 8.9% of lost work time episodes and 2.7% of acute admissions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implementation of a "red flag" into the electronic medical record each time one of these 26 diagnostic codes is entered, could help to improve the reporting of occupational diseases.
authors.affiliation: CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Centro de Investigación en Salud Laboral, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, España. fernando.benavides@upf.edu
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.forename: Jordi Delclòs
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Clanchet
authors.forename: Consol Serra
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pujades
authors.forename: Lourdes Camp
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Casals
authors.forename: Losep Lluis de Peray
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Baiges
authors.forename: Rosa Fernández
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bardón
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology