Database: Hospital Discharge Database (SDO) (Italy)
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Type of database: administrative/claims data.
Primary Purpose: Store administrative information about hospital discharges in all national public or private hospitals.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministry of Health.
Type of information: longitudinal. screening, diagnosis, medication use, costs reimbursement, hospital discharges, alcohol consumption
Data Dictionary: Ministry of Health Database List.
Available type of information: diagnosis, region, medical procedures, length of stay, hospital location, hospital discharges, age, sex, type of medical activity, type of patient discharge, year.
Source of Information: Information is sent to the SDO via form by public and private healthcare providers. Click here to learn more.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of Records: 98.9% of institutions covered as of 2020.
Date Range: 2001 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 XLSL, PDF, ODS. Instructions to request data for restricted content . Click here to access.
Contact information: Click here to access.
