Database: The National Health Insurance Service Register (SSR) (Denmark)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To document activities of health professionals in primary care for administrative purposes and to support public health research. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Danish Health Data Authority; Statens Serum Institut (SSI).

Type of information: longitudinal. year; healthcare costs; region; sex; age; type of medical activity; medical procedures; marital status; diagnosis place of residence; periodicity of physician consultation; number of visits; type of patient; number of patients.

Data Dictionary - SSR Denmark.

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Also, it is possible to acquire more details about each patient context by linking with the National Patient Register and the Cause of Death Register data.

Source of information: Reports from the providers that are sent to The Danish Health Data Agency.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: unknown

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

Date range: 1990 onwards.

Data access: not publicly available. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access to contact Statens Serum Institut and click here to access to contact The Danish Health Data Agency.

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