Database: GUS Health and Healthcare (Poland)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To provide health and healthcare data to support research and policymaking.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Główny Urząd Statystyczny.

Type of information: longitudinal. number of patients, number of beds, number of hospital facilities, length of stay, hospital discharges, number of medical staff, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, number of deaths. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: number of beds, education, income, number of patients, number of medical staff. Click here to learn more and click here to learn more.

Available Data Dictionary: GUS Health and Healthcare

Source of Information: Data originates from official statistics collected through surveys, public registers, and external information systems.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: Unknown.

Available date range: 2010 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF, JPG, PNG and SVG. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact Information: Click here to access.