Access and validation

Governance details

Documents or webpages that describe the overall governance of the data source and processes and procedures for data capture and management, data quality check and validation results (governing data access or utilisation for research purposes).

Biospecimen access

Are biospecimens available in the data source (e.g., tissue samples)?

No

Access to subject details

Can individual patients/practitioners/practices included in the data source be contacted?

No

Description of data collection

GP fill in the Death certificates, which are registered ad the residential municiplaities and then sent to the Italian Institute of Statistics. Here the data are recorded and the ciauses of death are coded. Annually data are sent to DEP
Event triggering registration

Event triggering registration of a person in the data source

Other

Event triggering registration of a person in the data source, other

Death

Event triggering creation of a record in the data source

Not applicable
Data source linkage

Linkage

Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources (prelinked data source) and/or can the data source be linked to other data source on an ad-hoc basis?

Yes

Linkage description, possible linkage

Death records can be linked to all other available information systems (hospital admissions, emergency room visits, specialist ambulatory care, drug claims information system) through an individual patient code

Linked data source 1

Pre linked

Is the data source described created by the linkage of other data sources?

No

Data source, other

All other available information systems (hospital admissions, emergency room visits, specialist ambulatory care, drug claims information systems, regional cancer registry)

Linkage strategy

Deterministic

Linkage variable

The linkage variable is called CODSIS and is calculated on the basis of individual anagraphic data

Linkage completeness

Depends on the availability of CODSIS
Data management specifications that apply for the data source

Data source refresh

Yearly

Informed consent for use of data for research

Not Required

Possibility of data validation

Can validity of the data in the data source be verified (e.g., access to original medical charts)?

Yes

Data source preservation

Are records preserved in the data source indefinitely?

Yes

Approval for publication

Is an approval needed for publishing the results of a study using the data source?

No

Data source last refresh

Common Data Model (CDM) mapping

CDM mapping

Has the data source been converted (ETL-ed) to a common data model?

Yes

CDM Mappings

CDM name (other)

Brahms