Cohort information

ITALY				WP2
Organization		RER-ASSR - Regione Emilia Romagna
Name of cohort		eCOVID-CohER
Referring partner		RER-ASSR
Cohort Information	Country(-ies), cities, regions or centers involved	Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
	Time of data collection	02/2020	12/2022
	Enrolment	Inactive
	Study setting	Multi-centers
Population	Age	Adults,Elderly
	Type	Retrospective
	Total number of patients	1877841
	Site of enrolment (WP2)	Outpatient,Inpatient,ICU
Data collection	Clinical data	True
	Serological data	False
	Genetic data	False
	Sample collection	False
	Sample collected	Whole blood	NA
		PBMC	NA
		Dry-spot blood	NA
		Plasma	NA
		Serum	NA
		Stool	NA
		NP swabs	NA
		Other	NA
Description	Cohort eCOVID-CohER is based on electronic administrative data and includes all the SARS-CoV-2 cases diagnosed in Emilia Romagna Region starting from February 2020. The initial purpose was for surveillance of acute cases. The follow-up was modified in order to answer ORCHESTRA objectives based on the healthcare databases. From February 2020 to November 2022, 1877841 individuals were diagnosed for SARS-CoV-2 in Emilia-Romagna. Follow-up data referred to the period from February 2020 to December 2022 is being collected using administrative healthcare databases. Data can be shared within ORCHESTRA in aggregate form, based on safety standards of the Emilia-Romagna Region and on the Data Protection Impact Assessment which was carried out.
Publications	- The incidence and risk factors of selected drug prescriptions and outpatient care after SARS-CoV-2 infection in low-risk subjects: a multicenter population-based cohort study [Frontiers in Public Health] - Differences by immigration status on COVID-19 acute outcomes in the Emilia-Romagna ORCHESTRA cohort [European Journal of Public Health] - Use of Azithromycin Attributable to Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection [Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety]