Database: Hospital Morbidity Database (Portugal)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: Collect and make available information regarding the use of resources related to inpatient care. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) and Administração Central do Sistema de saúde (ACSS).

Type of information: longitudinal. length of stay, medical procedures, diagnosis, type of medical activity, types of beds, devices, type of patient discharge, types of visits, year, sex, age, place of residence, hospital location.

Data dictionary: Hospital Morbidity Database

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Available type of information: hospital discharges, number of beds, number of visits, length of stay, and number of patients by year, hospital location, diagnosis, type of medical activity, types of beds, medical procedures, devices, type of patient discharge, types of visits. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Portugal's hospitals.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: hospital level and national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1993 onwards (restricted access); 2011-2014 (open access).

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Hospital Morbidity Database.

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Data access: partially publicly available. Tables: Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the XLSX format. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to access. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.

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