National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)

Summary

Strengths: This registry has a large sample and includes safe and sound data. The data is also collected by a certified organisation.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access
Online accessible database

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

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected between 2007 and 2012 with a sample size of 90 (of total of 94) hospitals. Data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
2007

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Patients in the Netherlands

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Cardiovascular disorders; patient history, indication, interventions, outcome

Linkage

Standardisation
Yes, certified organisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
anonymised data linkable

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Entry errors are corrected by an audit on data.

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information

National Cardiovascular Data Registry
Strawinskylaan 229
1077 XX Amsterdam Netherlands Phone: 003120 333 1080
Email: bureau(at)ncdr.nl
Url: http://www.ncdr.nl/ncdr

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected annually.