Databases: Department of Health Databases (CSO) Compilation (Ireland)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data, registry.

Primary purpose: Databases provided by the Department of Health and made available through the Central Statistics Office website to disseminate data.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Department of Health; Central Statistics Office.

Type of Information: longitudinal. age; sex; hospital discharges; length of stay; hospital location; types of visits; causes of death; medical procedures; diagnosis; potential years of life lost; year; number of deaths.

Data Dictionary: Compilation: Department of Health Databases (CSO).

Source of Information: Unknown.

Data level: national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: varies.

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

Data access: publicly available. Click here to access in "Other Public Sector Bodies" > "Department of Health" > "Health Statistics". Data can be downloaded in the formats JSON; CSV; XLSX and PX.

Contact information: Click here to access.