Alessio Petrelli, Martina Ventura, Anteo Di Napoli, Marilena Pappagallo, Silvia Simeoni, Luisa Frova
Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in Italy: results from a nationwide longitudinal cohort
BMC public health
disease trajectories become increasingly relevant within context aging population rising prevalence chronic illnesses understanding temporal progression diseases crucial enhancing patient care preventive measures effective management objective study propose validate novel methodology trajectory impact analysis interactive visualization disease trajectories cohort 71849 patients article introduces innovative comprehensive approach analysis interactive visualization disease trajectories first risk increase ri index defined assesses impact initial disease diagnosis development subsequent illnesses secondly visual graphics methods used represent cohort trajectories ensuring clear semantically rich presentation facilitates easy data interpretation proposed approach demonstrated disease trajectories cohort comprising 71849 patients tolosaldea spain study finds several clinically relevant trajectories cohort suffering cerebral ischemic stroke probability suffering dementia increases 1077 times clinical relevance study outcomes assessed indepth analysis conducted expert clinicians identified disease trajectories agreement latest advancements field proposed approach trajectory impact analysis interactive visualization offers valuable graphs comprehensive study disease trajectories improved clinical decisionmaking simplicity interpretability methods make valuable approach healthcare professionals