Database: Hospital Morbidity Database (Portugal)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: Collect and make available information regarding the use of resources related to inpatient care. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) and Administração Central do Sistema de saúde (ACSS).

Type of information: longitudinal. Data dictionary: Hospital Morbidity Database. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: year, hospital location, diagnosis, type of medical activity, number of patients, types of beds, number of beds, medical procedures, devices, hospital discharges, type of patient discharge, types of visits, number of visits, length of stay. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Portugal's hospitals.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: hospital level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1993 onwards (restricted access); 2011-2014 (open access).

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. See the full list of cancer types: Hospital Morbidity Database.

Data access: partially publicly available. Tables: Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the format XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.

Contact information: Click here to access.