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'''Sponsor, manager or home institution''': [[dataOwner::Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)]]. | '''Sponsor, manager or home institution''': [[dataOwner::Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)]]. | ||
'''Type of information''': Available variables are the number of [[availableVariable::hospital discharges]] and hospital [[length of stay]], Main [[availableVariable::diagnosis]] (including cancer); Type of hospital admission; [[availableVariable::reason for discharge]] and [[availableVariable::hospital location|province of hospitalization]]; [[availableVariable::age]]; [[availableVariable::sex]], and [[availableVariable::place of residence]]. | '''Type of information''': Available variables are the number of [[availableVariable::hospital discharges]] and hospital [[availableVariable::length of stay]], Main [[availableVariable::diagnosis]] (including cancer); Type of hospital admission; [[availableVariable::reason for discharge]] and [[availableVariable::hospital location|province of hospitalization]]; [[availableVariable::age]]; [[availableVariable::sex]], and [[availableVariable::place of residence]]. | ||
'''Source of information''': Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys. | '''Source of information''': Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys. | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 22 November 2023
Primary purpose: To determine the geographic distribution of morbidity attended in hospitals according to the main diagnosis associated with average hospital stay and hospital discharge.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Type of information: Available variables are the number of hospital discharges and hospital length of stay, Main diagnosis (including cancer); Type of hospital admission; reason for discharge and province of hospitalization; age; sex, and place of residence.
Source of information: Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level.
Number of Records: Covers 90% of the hospitals and 98% of the discharges in Spain.
Date range: 1978 onwards (restricted) and 1997 onwards (publicly available).
Cancer Areas of Interest: neoplasms (C00-D49). Cancer areas of interest list [3].
Data access: partially publicly available [4]. Reports information [5]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [6].
Contact information: Information [7].
