Database: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS) (Belgium)

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Type of database:administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To provide a longitudinal compilation of administrative health insurance data for federal and regional partners in Belgium.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: AIM-IMA.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS). Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Health insurance fund records.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: 2.5% of the Belgian population (2019: approximately 285,000) and an additional sample of 2.5% of the Belgian population aged 65 and over (2019: approximately 56,000).

Date range: 2002 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.