Editing Database: Hospital Morbidity Survey (EMH) (Spain)

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[https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176778&menu=resultados&idp=1254735573175]
[https://www.ine.es/dynt3/metadatos/es/RespuestaPrint.html?oper=147]

'''Primary purpose:''' To determine the geographic distribution of morbidity attended in hospitals according to the main diagnosis associated with average hospital stay and hospital discharge.

'''Sponsor, manager or home institution''': Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

'''Type of information''': Available variables are the number of hospital discharges and hospital stays. Main diagnosis (including cancer); Type of hospital admission; Reason for discharge and province of hospitalization; Age; Sex, and place of residence.

'''Source of information''': Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys.

'''Data level''': Patient level.

'''Available data level''': Regional level.

'''Number of Records:''' Covers 90% of the hospitals and 98% of the discharges in Spain.

'''Date range''': 1978 onwards (restricted) and 1997 onwards (publicly available).

'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' Cancer areas of interest list [https://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/sanitarias/cie_mc_emh.xls].

'''Data access''': Partially publicly available [https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176778&menu=resultados&idp=1254735573175]. Reports information [https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176778&menu=publi&idp=1254735573175]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [https://www.ine.es/ss/Satellite?L=es_ES&c=Page&cid=1259953312408&p=1259953312408&pagename=ProductosYServicios%2FPYSLayout].

'''Contact information''': Information [https://www.ine.es/infoine/].