Database: CyStat Health and Hospital Statistics (Republic of Cyprus)
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistical Service of Cyprus; Ministry of Finance.
Primary purpose: To provide an overview of public medical services, health, and morbidity in Cyprus.
Type of information: Data dictionary was not found. Data includes in-patients treated and discharged from general and rural hospitals, surgical procedures for in-patients and out-patients, out-patient visits at general, special, and rural hospitals and health centers, bed occupancy rates, paramedical services, health indicators, healthcare expenditure, causes of death, and health personnel. The data primarily focuses on public health services due to limited detailed information for the private sector. Private sector data includes the number of doctors, dentists, nurses, clinics, beds, discharges, bed days, and related figures. [1]
Available type of information: In-patients Discharged from General and Rural Hospitals; Disease Category; Out-patient Attendances to Health Care Providers Contracted with GHS; Type of Attendance (Speciality); Disease Category ICD-10; Year; Sex; Age Group; Out-Patient Attendances at General; Health Centres; Deaths; Cause of Death [2].
Source of Information: Inpatient discharges: Electronic data on patient discharges from SHSO medical institutions are collected from all hospitals. Micro databases are sent to the Statistical Service for processing and analysis by Statistics Officers.
Outpatient attendances: Data on outpatient visits at GHS-enrolled medical institutions and physicians' offices are obtained from the HIO's IT system.
Causes of death: The Cause of Death Register, owned by the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health, serves as the source, including all deaths in Cyprus and Cypriot residents' deaths abroad. [3]
Data level: Patient level.
Available data level: National level.
Number of Records: Unknown.
Date Range: Unknown.
Cancer Areas of Interest: Unknown.
Data access: Partially publicly available under "Health" [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].
Contact information: Information [3].
