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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: longitudinal. age, sex, place of residence, employment status, income, level of urbanisation, self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases, comorbidities, causes of death, hospital location, number of patients, type of patient, type of medical activity, healthcare costs, costs reimbursement, medical procedures, year, medication use, number of visits, length of stay, types of visits, hospital discharges, types of beds, type of patient discharge.
Data Dictionary: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS).
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Available type of information: number of patients that participated in check-up examinations and medical procedures during a screening by year, sex, age, and region. Click here to learn more.
Source of Information: Health insurance fund records.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: national level and regional 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. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available: click here to access. Information about the publicly available data: click here to learn more. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSL, PDF, ODS, CSV, DOCX, and XML. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more. Data has access costs. Information about access costs: click here to learn more. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.
Contact information: Click here to access.
databaseType::administrative/claims data
dataOwner::AIM-IMA
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::place of residence
hasVariable::employment status
hasVariable::income
hasVariable::level of urbanisation
hasVariable::self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases
hasVariable::comorbidities
hasVariable::causes of death
hasVariable::hospital location
hasVariable::number of patients
hasVariable::type of patient
hasVariable::type of medical activity
hasVariable::healthcare costs
hasVariable::costs reimbursement
hasVariable::medical procedures
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::medication use
hasVariable::number of visits
hasVariable::length of stay
hasVariable::types of visits
hasVariable::hospital discharges
hasVariable::types of beds
hasVariable::type of patient discharge
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: AIM-IMA Échantillon Permantent(e) Steekproef (EPS)
availableVariable::number of patients
availableVariable::check-up examinations
availableVariable::medical procedures
availableVariable::screening
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::region
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::national level
availableDataLevel::regional level
dataStart::2002
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::XLSL
hasDownloadableData::PDF
hasDownloadableData::ODS
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::DOCX
hasDownloadableData::XML
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.ima-aim.be/Donnees-individuelles-realiser-l click here to learn more
hasDataAccessCosts::Data has access costs
hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed
isDatabase
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers
hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers
hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers
hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers
hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma
hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer
hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer
hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers
hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer
hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers
hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer
hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers
hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas
hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system
hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start
hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread
hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour
hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature
hasCancerType::unknown
