The data source contains the following information

Disease information

Does the data source collect information with a focus on a specific disease? This might be a patient registry or other similar initiatives.

Yes

Disease details, other

We have an established linkage with the Cancer Registry which holds disease specific information about cancer.Please see below for more information on elements provided above:Vaccines can be given by a Dutch regional health authority of which our data source does not have full visibility. When medical devices are received via a hospital procedure e.g. colostomy we can have access to the information but otherwise it may be incomplete. The data source does not cover e-health tools or related medical devices.Biomarker data may be available when present in the clinical guidelines and tested for, but this information may not be complete. Indication for use is only captured for high-cost medicines. However, for other drugs this can usually be derived through linkage to other sources of the PHARMO Data Network.

Rare diseases

Are rare diseases captured? In the European Union a rare disease is one that affects no more than 5 people in 10,000.

Yes

Pregnancy and/or neonates

Does the data source collect information on pregnant women and/or neonatal subpopulation (under 28 days of age)?

Yes

Hospital admission and/or discharge

Yes

ICU admission

Is information on intensive care unit admission available?

Yes

Cause of death

Not Captured

Prescriptions of medicines

Captured

Prescriptions vocabulary

ATC

Dispensing of medicines

Captured

Dispensing vocabulary

ATC

Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP)

Is information on advanced therapy medicinal products included? A medicinal product for human use that is either a gene therapy medicinal product, a somatic cell therapy product or a tissue engineered products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 [Reg (EC) No 1394/2007 Art 1(1)].

No

Contraception

Is information on the use of any type of contraception (oral, injectable, devices etc.) available?

Yes

Indication for use

Does the data source capture information on the therapeutic indication for the use of medicinal products?

Captured

Indication vocabulary

ICD-10

Medical devices

Is information on medicinal devices (e.g., pens, syringes, inhalers) available?

Yes

Administration of vaccines

Yes

Procedures

Does the data source capture information on procedures (e.g., diagnostic tests, therapeutic, surgical interventions)?

Captured

Procedures vocabulary

Other

Procedures vocabulary, other

CVV codesCBV codesZA codes

Clinical measurements

Is information on clinical measurements (e.g., BMI, blood pressure, height) available?

Yes

Healthcare provider

Is information on the person providing healthcare (e.g., physician, pharmacist, specialist) available? The healthcare provider refers to individual health professionals or a health facility organisation licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices.

Yes

Genetic data

Are data related to genotyping, genome sequencing available?

Not Captured

Biomarker data

Does the data source capture biomarker information? The term “biomarker” refers to a broad subcategory of medical signs ( objective indications of medical state observed from outside the patient), which can be measured accurately and reproducibly. For example, haematological assays, infectious disease markers or metabolomic biomarkers.

Captured

Biomarker data vocabulary

Other

Biomarker vocabulary, other

Biomarkers available through clinical lab data are coded according to the NHG-bepalingen. Biomarkers in oncology are captured according to the itemset list of the Netherlands Cancer Registry, if available. Biomarkers found in pathology specimen are found through free-text fields, not systematic, coded fields.

Patient-reported outcomes

Is information on patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life) available?

Yes

Patient-generated data

Is patient-generated information (e.g., from wearable devices) available?

No

Units of healthcare utilisation

Are units of healthcare utilisation (e.g., number of visits to GP per year, number of hospital days) available or can they be derived? Units of healthcare utilisation refer to the quantification of the use of services for the purpose of preventing or curing health problems.

Yes

Unique identifier for persons

Are patients uniquely identified in the data source?

Yes

Diagnostic codes

Captured

Diagnosis / medical event vocabulary

ICD-10
ICD-9
ICPC

Medicinal product information

Captured

Medicinal product information collected

Active ingredient(s)
Brand name
Dose
Formulation
Strength

Medicinal product vocabulary

ATC

Quality of life measurements

Not Captured

Lifestyle factors

Captured

Lifestyle factors collected

Alcohol use
Tobacco use

Sociodemographic information

Captured

Sociodemographic information collected

Age
Gender
Socioeconomic status