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Type of database: administrative/claims data.
Primary purpose: Gather information to serve as a basis for budget calculations and statistical comparison. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Health Data Authority.
Type of information: longitudinal. region; type of patient; sex; age; number of medical staff; medical procedures; hospital location; hospital discharges; diagnosis; number of visits.
Data Dictionary - Danish National Patient Registry.
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Available type of information: diagnosis, medical procedures, year, sex, age, place of residence, hospital location, type of hospital, type of medical activity, type of patient admission, length of stay.
Source of information: Collected monthly from mandatory public and private hospitals' reports.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level.
Number of records: Nationwide coverage since 1978. Considering the period between 1977–2012, the DNPR registered 8,085,603 persons, accounting for 7,268,857 inpatients, 5,953,405 outpatients, and 5,097,300 emergency department contacts.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Date range: 1977 onwards.
Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; PDF; JPEG and PNG. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.
Contact information: Click here to access.
Mouth
Throat
Oropharynx
Nasopharynx
Hypopharynx
Larynx
Salivary glands
Lips
Tonsils
base of tongue
Voice box
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Colon
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile ducts
Pancreas
Lung
Trachea
Bronchi
Pleura
Mediastinum
Bone
Cartilage
Osteosarcoma
Ewings sarcoma
Skin
Melanoma
Scalp
Lips
Hands
Feet
Muscle
Fat
Tendon
Ligament
Blood vessels
Connective tissue
Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lobular
Breast
Nipple
Areola
Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
Prostate
Testicles
Penis
Kidney
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
Eye
Brain
Spinal cord
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Adrenal glands
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Thymus gland
Peritoneum
Pericardium
Retroperitoneum
Mesothelium
Blood
Bone marrow
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Leukemia
databaseType::administrative/claims data
dataOwner::The Danish Health Data Authority
databaseStructure::longitudinal
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hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary - Danish National Patient Registry
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hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataStart::1977
dataEnd::onwards
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDownloadableData::PDF
hasDownloadableData::JPEG
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hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://sundhedsdatastyrelsen.dk/da/forskerservice/ansog-om-data click here to access
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