Database: Hospital Morbidity Survey (EMH) (Spain)

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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 length of stay, Main diagnosis (including cancer); reason for discharge and province of hospitalization; age; sex, and place of residence.

Source of information: Hospital's patient register, files, and surveys. Click here to access Click here to access

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: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available [1]. Reports information [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Click here to access.