Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin Database (InGef)
The InGef research database is an anonymised healthcare database with longitudinal claims data from approximately 8.8 million statutorily insured persons across 52 health insurance funds in Germany. InGef uses a wide range of current statistical methods for the analysis of routine health insurance data and conducts a variety of studies based on this anonymised data, including longitudinal studies.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
8,800,000 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The German population.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Institute for Applied Health Research Berlin (Institut für angewandte Gesundheitsforschung Berlin)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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