Diagnosis Treatment Combination register - mental health care

Summary

Strengths: This registry gives a nearly complete overview of all diagnoses and treatments within the Dutch curative mental health care sector (excl. long-term care). Weaknesses: Even though it is mandatory to send all DBC's to the registry holder, not all mental health care providers do this.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access
Data cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymized microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected in 2009 using an integral observation of the Dutch population. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2009

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Individuals receiving short-term (up to 1 year) curative mental health care covered by basic health insurance, within (psychiatric) hospitals, mental health care institutions and psychiatric/psychotherapy practices.

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Curative mental health care treatments.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkage will be possible beginning in early 2014.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Some mental health care providers do not supply, or supply less then 100% of their DBC's to the registry holder. In total, this covers about 5% of all DBC's.

Breaks
No

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Every year, there are small changes in the registration system, for which consistency corrections need to me made.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Health and Health care
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
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Timeliness, transparency
Data has not been published yet.