Database: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS) (Belgium)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To provide a longitudinal compilation of administrative health insurance data for federal and regional partners in Belgium.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: AIM-IMA.

Type of information: longitudinal. age, sex, place of residence, employment status, income, level of urbanisation, self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases, comorbidities, causes of death, hospital location, number of patients, type of patient, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, costs reimbursement, medical procedures, year, medication use, number of visits, length of stay, types of visits, hospital discharges, types of beds, type of patient discharge.

Data Dictionary: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS).

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Available type of information: number of patients that participated in check-up examinations and medical procedures during a screening by year, sex, age, and region. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Health insurance fund records.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level and regional level.

Number of Records: 2.5% of the Belgian population (2019: approximately 285,000) and an additional sample of 2.5% of the Belgian population aged 65 and over (2019: approximately 56,000).

Date range: 2002 onwards.

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

Data access: partially publicly available: click here to access. Information about the publicly available data: click here to learn more. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSL, PDF, ODS, CSV, DOCX, and XML. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more. Data has access costs. Information about access costs: click here to learn more. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.

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