Database: CyStat Health and Hospital Statistics (Republic of Cyprus)

Primary purpose: To provide an overview of public medical services, health, and morbidity in Cyprus.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistical Service of Cyprus; Ministry of Finance.

Type of information: Data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: hospital discharges, number of patients, type of patient admission, type of hospital, diagnosis, type of medical activity, causes of death, number of deaths, sex, age, year Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Inpatient discharges: Electronic data on patient discharges from SHSO medical institutions are collected from all hospitals. Micro databases are sent to the Statistical Service for processing and analysis by Statistics Officers.

Outpatient attendances: Data on outpatient visits at GHS-enrolled medical institutions and physicians' offices are obtained from the HIO's IT system.

Causes of death: The Cause of Death Register, owned by the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health, serves as the source, including all deaths in Cyprus and Cypriot residents' deaths abroad. Clik here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: unknown.

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

Data access: partially publicly available under "Health" [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].

Contact information: Information [3].