Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco

Electronic health records,EHRs contain the totality of a local health unit, comprising primary care and hospital production, from 1988 until the present, for a well-defined region of Portugal (Beira Baixa, NUTS III region PT-16H) corresponding to a living unselected patient population of nearly 110,000, with complete and near-exclusive healthcare coverage from the public sector and spanning over 20 years, and additional 240,000 patients from other regions that visited Hospital Amato Lusitano or its Primary Healthcare Centers at some point in time. Data contains every visit, namely for appointments, imaging and other exam reports, procedures (including inpatient and outpatient surgical care), prescribed medications, the totality of laboratory measurements (inpatient and outpatient), selected specimen and device data, birth and death date and hospital diagnosis associated with death, allergies and the totality of searchable and categorized clinical notes (primary care and hospital).