Database: Health Information System (Estonia)

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Type of database: electronic health records.

Primary purpose: Allowing healthcare service providers to see and share patient information and healthcare data across the country. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager, or home institution: Ministry of Social Affairs (sponsor); Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre - TEHIK (manager).

Type of information: longitudinal. diagnosis; medical procedures; check-up examinations; devices; screening; medication use. Data dictionary has not been found. Click here to learn more.

Number of records: Any Estonian citizen who used a healthcare service since 2008.

Data source: Data inserted by healthcare providers.

Date range: 2008 onwards.

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

Data access: not publicly available. To access the information, you need an ID identification, click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to access.