Database: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS) (Belgium)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To provide a longitudinal compilation of administrative health insurance data for federal and regional partners in Belgium.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: AIM-IMA.

Type of information: longitudinal. age, sex, place of residence, employment status, income, level of urbanisation, self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases, comorbidities, causes of death, hospital location, number of patients, type of patient, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, costs reimbursement, medical procedures, year, substance name, number of visits, length of stay, types of visits, hospital discharges, types of beds, type of patient discharge. Data Dictionary: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS). Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Health insurance fund records.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: 2.5% of the Belgian population (2019: approximately 285,000) and an additional sample of 2.5% of the Belgian population aged 65 and over (2019: approximately 56,000).

Date range: 2002 onwards.

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

Data access: partially publicly available: click here to access. Information about the publicly available data: click here to learn more. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to access.