Database: Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) Survey (Germany)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (FDZ).

Primary purpose: The Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) statistic is a full annual census of all inpatient hospital cases within Germany that are billed according to case flat rates.

Type of information: Patient information including hospital of stay, cause of admission, diagnosis, operating procedures, as well as other information. More information about the contents of the survey database [1].

Available type of information: Number of secondary diagnoses and operations of inpatients.

Source of Information: Hospitals send information to the Hospital Remuneration System (InEK) which is then sent to the FDZ.

Data level: Patient level.

Number of Records: 16.359.312 patients, of which 1.775.648 (10,85%).

Date Range: 2005 to 2020.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Neoplasms (C00 – D48).

Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. More information about the database [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4] and [5].

Contact information: Information [6].