Database: NIJZ Sick Leave (Slovenia)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data; registry.

Primary purpose: To monitor and analyze the causes and other characteristics of temporary absenteeism.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje.

Type of information: longitudinal. year; sex; age; diagnosis; Reason for withholding patient population; employment status; Health region. Data dictionary was not found. For more metadata information click here to learn more.

Available type of information: year; sex; age; diagnosis; Reason for withholding patient population; employment status; Health regions and statistical regions. Click here to learn more under "Health status of the population" > "Sick Leave".

Source of Information: Public and private healthcare providers at the primary level (outpatient clinics of selected - personal physicians) report to the regional units of the NIJZ.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1983 onwards. The available date range is 2000 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access under "Health status of the population" > "Sick Leave". Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; CSV; PX; HTML and JSON. Data has access costs. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.