EHDEN Participation (Turku University Hospital Cancer Centre)

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The Turku University Hospital Cancer Centre is part of the EHDEN Network of Data Partners.

The European Health Data and Evidence Network (EHDEN) aims to standardize European health data using OMOP-CDM to facilitate research. The project creates a federated network of data sources for easy access by researchers and policymakers. Its goal is to improve healthcare outcomes through better data quality and interoperability.

Primary purpose: Provide a dataset used for scientific research under Finnish law.

Type of information: The database contains comprehensive data from public specialist health care and most emergency health care in the area of Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) for all demographic groups, covering various domains like patient demographics, visits, diagnoses, and treatments.

Data level: regional level.

Number of records: 765,000 patients.

Data range: 2014 onwards.

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

Data access: not publicly available. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.