Estonia
Estonia’s healthcare system is the Health Insurance System, described as “solidarity-based health insurance”(1) and the Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) is the public law organization responsible for providing the organization of national healthcare services in accordance with the Health Insurance Act, the Health Services Organization Act and other legislation.
The body responsible for healthcare and all social policies in Estonia is the Ministry of Social Affairs. The Health Board is its child agency. Estonia’s Public Information Act details the terms of compliance to request information not already publicly available. The request is exempt from covering expenses if the request is made for research work.
This is a list of data sources for Estonia.
Cancer Centers
North Estonia Medical Centre
Administrative or Claims Data
Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) Database
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF); The Ministry of Social Affairs
Type of information: Medical contacts (physician visit, hospital stay, etc.), including diagnostic tests, prescription medicine, medical devices, and treatment.
Source of Information: The database is based on claims data from all Estonian healthcare providers that have signed a contract with EHIF and deliver EHIF-financed healthcare, which is almost all of them.
Data level: Patient level.
Number of Records: 1.3 million people, i.e. 95% of Estonia's population.
Date Range: 2004 onwards.
Link/Contact for data request: info@haigekassa.ee.
Registries
Health Statistics and Health Research Database
Primary purpose: A complete and reliable registration of incident cancer cases in Estonia.
Sponsor, manager, or home institution: The National Institute for Health Development
Type of information: Datasets about incidence of cancer in general and specific types of cancer, sortable by year, sex, site and age group.
Data level: National level. Malignant neoplasms' statistics are submitted by 15 counties.
Number of records: Every registered Estonian citizen i.e. 1.3 million people.
Date range: From 1968 to 2019.
Data source: According to the Institute, “Reporting of cancer cases is compulsory to all physicians working in Estonia who diagnose or treat cancer. Data are submitted to the registry also by forensic pathologists-experts” (3).
Cancer areas of interest (ICD): All sites (C00–C97); All sites except other skin (C00–C97, except C44); Lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00–C14); Digestive organs (C15–C26); Respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30–C39); Female genital organs (C51–C58); Male genital organs (C60–C63); Urinary tract (C64–C68); Brain and central nervous system (C70–C72); Leukaemia (C91–C95); Lymphomas (C81–C85/C96); county-level lymphoma data include Hodgkin’s disease as well as non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Link/contact: Margit Mägi, Head of Registry, Tel: +372 659 3830, E-mail: margit.magi@tai.ee
Statistics Estonia Database
Primary Purpose: To provide information about demographic, social, economic and environmental development of Estonia for the purposes of development plans and projections, policy planning, scientific and applied research, and making informed decisions.
Sponsor, manager, or home institution: Statistics Estonia, responsible for coordinating the system of classifications and for data governance in the country.
Type of information: Datasets on causes of death and death rates.
Data level: National level.
Number of records: Every registered Estonian citizen i.e. 1.3 million people.
Data source: Estonian Causes of Death Registry
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Electronic Health Records
Estonia's Electronic Health Records are created and managed by TEHIK, an Estonian organization founded for this purpose. TEHIK manages over 40 databases helping them provide e-services in the fields of health, social security, technology and labour, and are used by almost 1,3 million people.
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