Database: Hospital Discharge Database (SDO) (Italy)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary Purpose: Store administrative information about hospital discharges in all national public or private hospitals.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministry of Health.

Type of information: longitudinal. diagnosis, region, medical procedures, length of stay, hospital location, hospital discharges, age, sex, type of medical activity, type of patient discharge, year. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: diagnosis, region, medical procedures, length of stay, hospital location, hospital discharges, age, sex, type of medical activity, type of patient discharge, year. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Information is sent to the SDO via form by public and private healthcare providers.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: 98.9% of institutions covered as of 2020.

Date Range: 2001 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSL, PDF, ODS. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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