Editing Database: Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Survey (Germany)

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'''Sponsor, manager or home institution:''' Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (FDZ).

'''Primary purpose:''' The Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) statistic is a full annual census of all inpatient hospital cases within Germany that are billed according to case flat rates.

'''Type of information:''' Patient information including hospital of stay, cause of admission, diagnosis, operating procedures, as well as other information. More information about the contents of the survey database [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/en/10-21242-23141-2020-00-00-1-2-0].

'''Available type of information:''' Number of secondary diagnoses and operations of inpatients.

'''Source of Information:''' Hospitals send information to the Hospital Remuneration System (InEK) which is then sent to the FDZ.

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

'''Number of Records:''' 16.359.312 patients, of which 1.775.648 (10,85%).

'''Date Range:''' 2005 to 2020.

'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' Neoplasms (C00 – D48).

'''Data access:''' Partially publicly available [https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online?operation=previous&levelindex=2&step=1&titel=Statistik+%28Tabellen%29&levelid=1676629585169&levelid=1676629486924#abreadcrumb]. More information about the database [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/de/gesundheit/drg]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/en/request] and [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/en/access].

'''Contact information:''' Information [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/en/contact].