Database: Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) Database (Estonia)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To organize national health insurance, ensuring insured individuals have access to necessary healthcare services, medicines, medical equipment, and cash benefits. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF); The Ministry of Social Affairs.

Type of information: longitudinal. sex; place of residence;diagnosis; medical procedures; hospital discharges; length of stay; medication use; number of drugs.

Data Dictionary: Estonian Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) Database.

Available type of information: healthcare costs, numbers of patients; year; age; sex; diagnosis; type of medical activity; medical procedures; hospital location. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Based on claims data from all Estonian healthcare providers that have signed a contract with EHIF and deliver EHIF-financed healthcare.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: 1.3 million people, i.e. 95% of Estonia's population.

Date range: 2004 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX and CSV. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.