Database: Hospital Morbidity Database (Portugal)

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

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

Type of information: Data dictionary: Hospital Morbidity Database.

Available type of information: Number of outpatients, equivalent patients, and average delay considering the following variables: Hospitalization, Surgical hospitalization, Medical ICU, Outpatient, Surgical Outpatient, % Outpatient Surgical/Total Scheduled Surgical, and Medical Outpatient.

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: Lymphatic malignancies and/or other malignancies and/or neoplasms of uncertain behavior; Major procedures in BO for lymph nodes/hematopoietic organs or other; Malignant diseases of the ear, nose, mouth, throat, head/face; Malignant diseases of the kidney and/or urinary tract; Procedures in the kidney and/or urinary tract, due to malignant diseases; Malignant diseases of the male reproductive system; Malignant diseases of the female reproductive system; Musculoskeletal malignancies and/or pathological fractures due to musculoskeletal malignancies; Malignant breast disorders; In utero and/or adnexal procedures for non-ovarian and/or non-adnexal malignancy; In utero and/or adnexal procedures for ovarian and/or adnexal malignancy; Procedures in the uterus and/or adnexa for non-malignant disease other than uterine fibroids; Malignant diseases of the digestive system; Respiratory malignancies; Malignant diseases of the hepatobiliary system and/or pancreas; Malignant diseases of the nervous system; Lymphoma, myeloma and non-acute leukemia; Other procedures in BO for lymphatic neoplasms/hematopoietic organs or other.

Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].