Croatia

Healthcare System

Croatia has a mandatory health insurance system, with the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) being its sole insurer and main purchaser. Additional, voluntary health insurance can be purchased individually from the CHIF or private insurers to cover co-payments for services in the benefit package, with over 60% of the population opting for this additional insurance. The main regulatory body of the Croatian health system is the Ministry of Health.

The National Public Health Information System of the Croatian Institute of Public Health (CIPH) collects data for various registries, including a cancer registry. The Central Health Information System, on the other hand, is managed by CHIF and is used to share standardized health data to support delivery of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare. [1]

Registries

Cancer Registry

Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Public Health.

2. Type of information.

Information included in the database. Examples: patient name, identification number, gender, date of birth, place of birth, residence, marital status, nationality, primary site, date of diagnosis, confirmation methods of diagnosis, tumour morphology and grade, extent of disease, primary treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, cytostatic chemotherapy, hormone therapy, other treatment), follow-up data (date of death or emigration) and cause of death, source of information.

Variant: Available type of information.

The same as "Type of information", but only describe information publicly available. If you have the type of information for both the complete database and the partially available database, describe both.

3. Source of Information.

How the information on the database was collected.

4. Data level.

Patient, hospital, regional, or national level. If patient level, the database will display information about a specific patient. If hospital level, the database will display information about a specific hospital, but not about specific patients. And so on.

Variant: Available data level.

The same as "Data level", but for the partially available database. If you have the data level for both the complete database and the partially available database, describe both.

5. Number of Records.

Number of patients recorded in the database.

6. Date Range.

First and last year the database covers. If the database is frequently updated, write "YYYY onwards"

7. Cancer Areas of Interest.

Describe what cancer areas are covered by the database. Example: Lip, oral cavity and pharynx; Digestive organs; Respiratory and intrathoracic organs. If a specific cancer definition is used (such as the ICD definitions), mention that.

8. Open data access.

Inform if the data is fully open, partially open, or not publicly available in any way. Add a link to the open data if there is one.

9. Information/Contact for data request.

A link to a page where a researcher can request access to the full database. If not available, a page where the researcher can find more information about how to access the data.