Database: The Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR) (Denmark)
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Type of database: administrative/claims data.
Primary purpose: Gather information to serve as a basis for budget calculations and statistical comparison. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Health Data Authority.
Type of information: longitudinal. region; type of patient; sex; age; number of medical staff; medical procedures; hospital location; hospital discharges; diagnosis; number of visits.
Data Dictionary - Danish National Patient Registry.
Available type of information: diagnosis, medical procedures, year, sex, age, place of residence, hospital location, type of hospital, type of medical activity, type of patient admission, length of stay.
Source of information: Collected monthly from mandatory public and private hospitals' reports.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level.
Number of records: Nationwide coverage since 1978. Considering the period between 1977–2012, the DNPR registered 8,085,603 persons, accounting for 7,268,857 inpatients, 5,953,405 outpatients, and 5,097,300 emergency department contacts.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Date range: 1977 onwards.
Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; PDF; JPEG and PNG. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.
Contact information: Click here to access.
