Database: Annual Report of the National Health System (Spain)
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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: Provides information about the health of the Spanish population and details about the operation and results of the National Health System (SNS).
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministerio de Sanidad.
Type of information: longitudinal. Population information, health status (well-being, morbidity, mortality), social determinants of health (socioeconomic determinant factors, lifestyles), and sanitary system (health care, accessibility, experience, patient, physical resources, human resources, and expenses). Some of the information in the reports is related to cancer diagnosis. The 2020-2021 report also includes information on the response of health services to COVID-19 (capacity of care, care activity related to COVID-19, impact on accessibility to the health system, impact on ordinary care activity, experience of the population, covid vaccination, diagnostic capacity, and pharmaceutical service).
Source of information: Data collected from the Councils of Health of the autonomous communities, the National Institute of Health Management and Surveys. Click here to access
Data level: regional level.
Number of Records: unknown.
Date range: 2003 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.
Data access: publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format.
Contact information: Click here to access.
