Database: Register of Primary Health Care Visits (Finland)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: Provide data on outpatient primary care for statistics, research, development and planning, and also to monitor infectious diseases, injuries, and health examinations.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare.

Type of information: longitudinal. place of residence; hospital location; types of visits; type of medical activity; length of stay; medical procedures.

Data Dictionary: Register of Primary Health Care Visits.

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Available type of information: medical procedures, region, year, sex; length of stay; diagnosis. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Data is sent by healthcare providers nationwide.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 2008 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLS and CSV. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

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Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::administrative/claims data dataOwner::Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::place of residence hasVariable::hospital location hasVariable::types of visits hasVariable::type of medical activity hasVariable::length of stay hasVariable::medical procedures hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Register of Primary Health Care Visits availableVariable::medical procedures availableVariable::region availableVariable::year availableVariable::sex availableVariable::length of stay availableVariable::diagnosis dataLevel::patient level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::2008 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLS hasDownloadableData::CSV hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/statistics-and-data/data-and-services/research-use-and-data-permits click here to access isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown