Database: The Registry of Specialized Health Care Activity (RAE-CMBD) (Spain)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data.

Primary purpose: To collect comprehensive administrative and clinical data to monitor and improve specialized healthcare services in Spain.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministerio de Sanidad.

Type of information: longitudinal. number of patients, type of patient, length of stay, medical procedures, diagnosis, year, sex, hospital location, type of patient discharge, number of beds, place of residence, and age. Data from 2016 onwards (Specialized Care Registry (RAE-CMBD)) click here to learn more and for data from 1997 onwards (CMBD-RAE historical series. Acute hospitals) click here to learn more.

Available type of information: year; age; sex, place of residence, hospital location, type of patient admission, type of patient discharge, Financing system, Performed service at discharge in hospitalization, Group of hospitals, type of hospital (public or private), Size of the hospital by number of beds, medical procedures.

Source of information: Reports from the providers that are sent to the Ministry of health. Click here to access and click here to access.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Date range: Varies according to the category of care. Hospitalization (1997 onwards), acute care (1997 onwards), ambulatory care (2004 onwards). Information regarding the private sector are available from 2005 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the XLS format. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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