Influenza epidemic surveillance and prediction based on electronic health record data from an out-of-hours general practitioner cooperative: model development and validation on 2003-2015 data.

Background: Annual influenza epidemics significantly burden health care. Anticipating them allows for timely preparation. The Scientific Institute of Public Health in Belgium (WIV-ISP) monitors the incidence of influenza and influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) and reports on a weekly basis.

Quality of antibiotic prescription during office hours and out-of-hours in Flemish primary care, using European quality indicators.

Background: European disease-specific antibiotic prescribing quality indicators (APQI) were proposed for seven acute indications (bronchitis, upper respiratory infection, cystitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, otitis media and pneumonia): (a) the percentage of patients prescribed an antibiotic; (b) the percentage of patients receiving the guideline recommended antibiotic; (c) the percentage of patients receiving quinolones.

Objectives: To assess the feasibility of calculating values for these 21 APQI using primary care databases; and to assess the quality of antibiotic prescribing in office hours and out-of-hours general practice.

Methods: Data was extracted from a morbidity registration network ( http://www.