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'''Data level''': [[dataLevel::patient level]].
'''Data level''': [[dataLevel::patient level]].
'''Available data level''': [[availableDataLevel::regional level]].


'''Number of records''': Nationwide coverage since 1978. Considering the period between 1977–2012, the DNPR registered 8,085,603 persons, accounting for 7,268,857 inpatients, 5,953,405 outpatients, and 5,097,300 emergency department contacts.  
'''Number of records''': Nationwide coverage since 1978. Considering the period between 1977–2012, the DNPR registered 8,085,603 persons, accounting for 7,268,857 inpatients, 5,953,405 outpatients, and 5,097,300 emergency department contacts.  

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Primary purpose: Gather information to serve as a basis for budget calculations and statistical comparison.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Health Data Authority.

Type of information: Data dictionary - Danish National Patient Registry [3].

Available type of information: diagnosis, medical procedures, year, sex, age, place of residence, hospital location, type of hospital, type of medical activity, type of patient admission, length of stay.

Source of information: Collected monthly from mandatory public and private hospitals' reports.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: Nationwide coverage since 1978. Considering the period between 1977–2012, the DNPR registered 8,085,603 persons, accounting for 7,268,857 inpatients, 5,953,405 outpatients, and 5,097,300 emergency department contacts.

Cancer areas of interest: unknown.

Date range: 1977 onwards.

Data access: partially publicly available [4]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [5].

Contact information: Information [6].