Database: Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) (Romania)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: Characterize the hospital's patient care in order to evaluate the results, increase efficiency, and administrate the hospital's financing system. Classifies the patients simultaneously by type of pathology and cost of care. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Health Services Management.

Type of information: longitudinal. year; number of visits; length of stay; number of patients; medical procedures; type of patient; diagnosis; age; sex; level of urbanisation; region; number of deaths; hospital discharges; type of patient discharge; type of medical activity; place of residence. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: year; length of stay; number of patients; medical procedures; type of patient; diagnosis; age; sex; level of urbanisation; region; number of deaths; hospital discharges; place of residence. Available Data Dictionary - DRG Romania.

Source of Information: Hospitals and ambulatory care reports.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level, regional level, and hospital levels.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: 2002 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. For medical and pediatric oncology data information click here to access. For the quarterly indicators for evaluating the activity of hospitals click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLS and PDF. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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