Database: Hospital Morbidity Survey (EMH) (Spain)
Primary purpose: To determine the geographic distribution of morbidity attended in hospitals according to the main diagnosis associated with average hospital stay and hospital discharge.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Type of information: Available variables are the number of hospital discharges and hospital stays. Main diagnosis (including cancer); Type of hospital admission; Reason for discharge and province of hospitalization; Age; Sex, and place of residence.
Source of information: Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level.
Number of Records: Covers 90% of the hospitals and 98% of the discharges in Spain.
Date range: 1978 onwards (restricted) and 1997 onwards (publicly available).
Cancer Areas of Interest: Cancer areas of interest list [3].
Data access: partially publicly available [4]. Reports information [5]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [6].
Contact information: Information [7].
