Registers, mainly data from the tax authorities

Summary

Strengths: The data source provides high coverage and high quality data.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Other: Integration of different registrations

Access to data

Conditions of access
Statistics publicly accessible through www.cbs.nl

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

Formats available
Excel

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data were collected between 2005 and 2010 with a nearly integral observation. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2005

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All health care practices

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Brief overview of: Financial statistics on health care practices, such as general practitioners, dentist, physiotherapist and obstetricians (macroeconomic).

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Not applicable

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Non-response

Breaks
No

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
There have not been any revisions.

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
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually. The initial report is released 2 years after data collection and the final report is released 3 years after collection.