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Type of database: administrative/claims data.
Primary purpose: Provide information about inpatient health care.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC); Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC).
Type of information: longitudinal. Data dictionary has not been found. Provides information about the number of inpatients, utilization of hospital beds, hospitalization length of stay, hospital admission and mortality, among others.
Available type of information: Number of treated patients, the proportion of treated patients, length of stay, number of days spent by discharged patients (per 1000 inhabitants), the average duration of treatment, patient mortality; filtered by diagnosis and age group. Other indicators include the number of beds, types of beds, number of adult and children oncology beds used in the year, the number of admitted patients, the number of patients transferred within the hospital to and from other departments, and the number of discharged patients. Click here to learn more.
Source of information: Information is submitted by medical institutions using the form available in Appendix 7 of this document: click here to learn more.
Data level: aggregated data.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of records: Not applicable.
Date range: 2011 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available: click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; CSV; PX; JSON; XML; HTM and TXT. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more.
Contact information: Click here to learn more.
Mouth
Throat
Oropharynx
Nasopharynx
Hypopharynx
Larynx
Salivary glands
Lips
Tonsils
base of tongue
Voice box
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Colon
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile ducts
Pancreas
Lung
Trachea
Bronchi
Pleura
Mediastinum
Bone
Cartilage
Osteosarcoma
Ewings sarcoma
Skin
Melanoma
Scalp
Lips
Hands
Feet
Muscle
Fat
Tendon
Ligament
Blood vessels
Connective tissue
Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lobular
Breast
Nipple
Areola
Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
Prostate
Testicles
Penis
Kidney
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
Eye
Brain
Spinal cord
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Adrenal glands
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Thymus gland
Peritoneum
Pericardium
Retroperitoneum
Mesothelium
Blood
Bone marrow
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Leukemia
databaseType::administrative/claims data
dataOwner::Slimību Profilakses un Kontroles Centrs (SPKC)
dataOwner::Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC)
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::number of patients|number of inpatients
hasVariable::number of beds|beds
hasVariable::length of stay
hasVariable::number of deaths|mortality
availableVariable::number of patients|Number of treated patients
availableVariable::length of stay
availableVariable::number of deaths|patient mortality
availableVariable::diagnosis
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::number of beds
availableVariable::types of beds
availableVariable::hospital discharges|discharged patients
dataLevel::aggregated data
availableDataLevel::regional level
availableDataLevel::national level
dataStart::2011
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::PX
hasDownloadableData::JSON
hasDownloadableData::XML
hasDownloadableData::HTM
hasDownloadableData::TXT
hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/datu-pieprasisana-petniecibai-no-monitoresanas-sistemas click here to learn more
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
