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. medical procedures, number of patients, number of beds, length of stay, hospital discharges, number of medical staff, type of medical activity. Data Dictionary: GUS Healthcare. Data Dictionary: GUS Health.

Available type of information: number of beds, education, income, number of patients, [availableVariable::number of medical staff]] Click here to learn more. Click here to learn more.

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. Instructions to request data for restricted content Click here to access.

Contact Information: Click here to access.