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

Type of database: administrative/claims data.

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: cross-sectional. Data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: hospital discharges, healthcare costs; number of visits; medical procedures; number of beds; types of beds; number of medical staff; length of stay; number of hospital facilities; number of patients, type of patient, hospital location, 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. Click 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", click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.