The Most Important Tasks of the DIGG Include:

• The collection of epidemiological data on arterial and venous vascular diseases in Germany
• Recording the reality of care provision and structures in all sectors of healthcare (outpatient, inpatient, rehabilitation)
• The collection of quality indicators and qualification characteristics of doctors in interdisciplinary vascular medicine
• The performance of benchmarking between healthcare institutions
• Conducting observational studies and pragmatic register-based randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on specific issues in vascular medical care
• The collection and evaluation of health economic data from all sectors of healthcare
• Accompanying research and evaluation of regional or national screening programmes