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=== [https://wiki.beaconcancer.org/index.php?title=European_Union#ESMO_Patient_Guides ESMO Patient Guides] === | === [https://wiki.beaconcancer.org/index.php?title=European_Union#ESMO_Patient_Guides ESMO Patient Guides] === | ||
'''Sponsor, manager or home institution:''' European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) | |||
'''Primary purpose:'''' Provide patients, their relatives and caregivers guides to better understand complex medical information about different types of cancer. | |||
'''Type of information:''' Laymen-directed descriptions of specific cancers, their causes, diagnoses, treatment, screening, and side effects, among other relevant information for patients, their relatives and caregivers. | |||
'''Access to information:''' [https://www.esmo.org/for-patients/patient-guides/patient-guides-by-language/cancer-patient-guides-in-croatian Information can be found here.] | |||
Revision as of 17:51, 7 February 2023
Cancer Centers
University Hospital for Tumors of Zagreb
Healthcare System
Croatia has a mandatory health insurance system, with the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) being its sole insurer and main purchaser. Additional, voluntary health insurance can be purchased individually from the CHIF or private insurers to cover co-payments for services in the benefit package, with over 60% of the population opting for this additional insurance. The main regulatory body of the Croatian health system is the Ministry of Health. Test.
The National Public Health Information System of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (CIPH) collects data for various registries, including a cancer registry. The Central Health Information System (CEZIH), on the other hand, is managed by CHIF and is used to share standardized health data to support delivery of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare. [1]
Administrative or Claims Data
Central Health Information System
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Health Insurance Fund.
Type of information: The content of the complete dataset was not found.
Available type of information: Procedures grouper including tables with all categories of procedures, casemix, admission justification, main diagnosis, as well as different sortings such as frequency by category of hospital, by complexity, etc.
Source of information: Data is acquired from all healthcare providers in Croatia [2].
Data level: Patient level.
Available data level: Hospital level.
Number of records: Unknown.
Date range: Unknown.
Available date range: 2010 onwards.
Data access: Partially publicly available data. Reports can be found here.
Information/Contact for data request: Unknown.
Registries
Croatian National Cancer Registry
Primary purpose: Register cancer frequency and mortality in Croatia.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Institute of Public Health.
Type of information: Discharged patients and out-of-hospital reports of malignant neoplasm, registers of cancer death.
Source of Information: Reports from health institutions and private practice health workers. The mortality database is sent from the State Statistics Office and the Croatian Institute of Public Health data from the Patient Statistical Forms on magnetic media obtained from the Department of Health Care and Hospital Health Care of the Croatian Institute of Public Health.
Data level: Patient level.
Number of Records: Unknown.
Date Range: 1959 onwards. [3]
Cancer Areas of Interest: Unknown.
Data access: Data is not publicly available. Reports can be found here.
Information/Contact for data request: Instructions to access data here.
Medicinal Products
Primary purpose: List all medicinal products with marketing authorization granted by HALMED and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Sponsor, manager, or home institution: Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED)
Available information: Medicine name, marketing authorisation number, active substance, pharmaceutical form, manufacturer, marketing authorization holder, marketing authorization date, MA period of validity, classification number, registration number, composition, prescription, type of prescription, distribution, advertising to general public, ATC code and medicinal product marketed in Croatia.
Data access: Data is publicly available here.
European Cancer Information System (ECIS)
Clinical Practices Guidelines
Compilation: Croatian Medical Association Publications
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Medical Association.
Primary purpose:' Offer free access to clinical guidelines and other publications about cancer and other subjects.
Type of information: Clinical guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and/or follow-up of multiple cancer types such as breast, cervical, ovarian, abdominal, lung, prostate, kidney, bladder, testicular, among others.
Access to information: Query for cancer-related publications can be found here.
Guideline: Guidelines for the treatment of cancer pain in adults
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Medical Association.
Primary purpose:' Offer guidelines on how to treat adults with cancer in pain.
Type of information: Information on anamnesis and assessment of pain, pain scales, drug effects on pain, palliative care, among other information.
Access to information: Guideline can be found here.
Guideline: Clinical guidelines for oncoplastic treatment of breast cancer
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Medical Association.
Primary purpose:' Offer guidelines for oncoplastic breast cancer treatment.
Type of information: Offer epidemiology data, explanations on preventative examinations, invasive diagnostic methods, describe the psychological element of the treatment, and how the treament itself should be conducted.
Access to information: Guideline can be found here.
Latest Policymaking Initiatives
National Cancer Control Plan 2020-2030
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministry of Health; all other organizations participating in the plan.
Primary purpose:' Improve cancer care at all levels, including primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, diagnosis, treatment, palliative care, research, education, and data recording.
Type of information: Detailed plans for all goals above, including objectives, resources, stakeholders, economic evaluations and key references.
'Level: National level.
Access to information: Information can be accessed here. English version can be found here.
National Breast Cancer Early Detection Program
Primary Purpose: To reduce mortality from breast cancer by 15-25%, to detect breast cancer in the initial stage in the highest possible percentage, and to improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients.
Level: National level.
Information/Contact: More information and contact numbers can be found here.
ESMO Patient Guides
Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
Primary purpose:' Provide patients, their relatives and caregivers guides to better understand complex medical information about different types of cancer.
Type of information: Laymen-directed descriptions of specific cancers, their causes, diagnoses, treatment, screening, and side effects, among other relevant information for patients, their relatives and caregivers.
Access to information: Information can be found here.
