BIFAP - Base de Datos para la Investigación Farmacoepidemiológica en el Ámbito Público (Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database for Public Health Systems) First published 01/02/2024 Last updated 18/08/2025 Data source Human Hospital discharge records Pharmacy dispensing records Primary care medical records Download as PDF
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other BIFAP Diagnosis Tests of Covid-19 Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other BIFAP EMRs from Primary Care Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other BIFAP Hospital Diagnosis at in patients discharge Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other BIFAP Medicines Dispensed at Community Pharmacies Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other BIFAP Vaccines Covid-19 administered National Registry Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other Causes of Death national registry Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. In the Causes of Death national registry persons personal identifiers are different from the CIPA. Therefore, an additional linkage process of the CIPA and the personal identifiers in the Causes of Death national registry (national identitiy number and Others) is performed by the autonomous regions. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients with a record in the Cause of Death national registry but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
Pre linked Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources? No Data source, other Hospital Pharmacies dispensing Data Linkage strategy Deterministic Linkage variable The Personal Identification Code for the Autonomous Community (CIPA) is the variable used in the Autonomous Communities for the combination or linking of the different records for the same patient (primary care records, pharmacy dispensing records, hospital discharge diagnoses and Other Data banks). Subsequently a pseudonymisation procedure is carried out: the CIPA is eliminated by the computer technicians of the autonomous community, maintaining a pseudonymised identifier that distinguishes each patient from the Others in BIFAP. At the AEMPS, the Patient ID is finally generated from the first identifier. Linkage completeness Only patients included the Primary care medical records (PC-MR) and identified with a CIPA (the single linkage variable) are linked to the Other Data sources in BIFAP. Therefore, completeness is 100%. On the Other hand, any patients identified with a CIPA in Data sources (Data banks) but not having a PC-MR are not included in BIFAP.
CDM name BIFAP CDM website http://www.bifap.org/docs/BIFAP_Data_Access_Governance_v2_2021_20211011_with%20… CDM release frequency 6 months