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Table 1 Available registries on healthcare utilization by EU country

From: Registry data for cross-country comparisons of migrants' healthcare utilization in the EU: a survey study of availability and content

Country and Name of registry

Availability of healthcare utilization data1

 

In-patient hospital care utilization

Out-patient care utilization

Surgical operations

Prescribed medicine

 

All hospital admission

Acute care hospital admission

Length of stay (all)

Length of stay (acute)

All outpatient contacts

Hospital day cases

ER

GP

Medical Specialist

Dentists

All procedures (in-patients + day cases)

Surgical in-patients

Surgical daycases

Purchases of prescribed medicine

Austria

              

Hospital Discharges

X

X

X

X

      

X

X

X

 

Belgium

              

Minimal Clinical Data

X

 

X

  

X

    

X2

   

Denmark

              

National Patient Registry

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

   

X

X

X

 

National Health Insurance Registry

       

X

X

X

  

X3

 

Medicine Registry

             

X

Finland

             

X

Hospital Discharge Registry

X

 

X

  

X

    

X

X

X

 

Registry on Outpatient Visits in Public Hospitals

     

X4

        

National Health Insurance Registry

        

X5

    

X6

Greece

              

Survey on Discharged Hospital Patients

X

X

X

X

      

X

X

  
  1. All registries have national coverage.
  2. 1Including mental health care and rehabilitation but excluding nursery home care.
  3. 2 The registry contains this piece of information; however, only for certain/specific illness/diagnoses/condition.
  4. 3 Only for specialist doctors.
  5. 4 Only consultation of medical specialists in public hospitals.
  6. 5 Only reimbursed use of private healthcare services.
  7. 6 Only reimbursed purchases of prescribed medicine.
  8. Limitation of data: Austria, Hospital discharges: A personal ID is not available, data represent single cases of discharges including repeated discharges of the same person. Finland, Registry on Outpatient Visits in Public Hospitals: Private services excluded. National Health Insurance Registry: Only reimbursed medicine and private healthcare services are included. Greece, Survey on Discharged Hospital Patients: A monthly survey is conducted among all patients who get hospitalised in Greece. The National Statistical Service of Greece gather the information stemming from the surveys.