Database: Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) (Romania)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Health Services Management.

Primary purpose: Characterize the hospital's patient care in order to evaluate the results, increase efficiency, and administrate the hospital's financing system. Classifies the patients simultaneously by type of pathology and cost of care.

Type of information: type of information - DRG Romania.

Available type of information: available type of information - DRG Romania.

Source of Information: Hospitals and ambulatory care reports.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level, regional level, and hospital levels.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: 2002 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: DRG Romania.

Data access: partially publicly available. Medical and pediatric oncology data information [2]. The quarterly indicators for evaluating the activity of hospitals [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].

Contact information: Information [5].