Table 1 Overview of data sources
Database | Social Benefits National Registry (Cadastro Único—CadU) | Family Health Registry (Sistema de Cadastro da Estratégia de Saúde da Família—FHR) | Eletronic Medical Registry (Prontuário Eletrônico de Pacientes—EMR) | National Hospital Admission System (Sistema de Informações Hospitalares—SIH) | National Mortality Information System (Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade—SIM)a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time period | 2008–2014 | 2009–2016 | 2011–2017 | 2011–2016 | 1999–2016 |
Database size | 1,680,700 registrations—1,679,320 individuals | 3,732,688 registrations—3,594,623 individuals | 17,764,475 consultations—16,808,685 single consultations | 1,787,601 hospitalizations | 2,263,964 deaths |
Personal identifiers | Name; Date of birth; Mother’s name; Address; Social Security Number (Cadastro de pessoa física—CPF); National register for social benefit (Número de inscrição social—NIS) | Name; Date of birth; Mother’s name; Address; Social Security Number (Cadastro de pessoa física—CPF); National register for social benefit (Número de inscrição social—NIS) | Name; Date of birth; Social Security Number (Cadastro de pessoa física—CPF) | Name; Date of birth; Mother’s name; Address | Name; Date of birth; Mother’s name; Address |
Content variables | Demographic characteristics, detailed socioeconomic, and housing data | Demographic characteristics, detailed socioeconomic, housing data, self-reported chronic diseases, a summary of health care used, vital status | Patient data (e.g., demographic characteristics), the reason for encounter, laboratory and test requests, treatment plans | Patient data (e.g., demographic characteristics); hospital data (e.g., public or private); hospitalization data (e.g., admission and discharge dates, intermediary unit use, diagnosis upon discharge) | Demographic characteristics, socioeconomic data, date of death, cause of death, data on mother in the case of fetal death, and death of children under 1 year |