Norwegian Patient Register (NPR)
The NPR is an administrative database of records reported by all government-owned hospitals and outpatient clinics receiving governmental reimbursements in Norway. It contains health information about all persons who have received treatment, or who are waiting for treatment in the specialist health service. The NPR includes each patient’s unique personal identification number, enabling access to person-specific data and linkage with other datasets.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
> 1,100,000 (participants as of 2014)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The general Norwegian population.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet)
SINTEF Industry (SINTEF Industri)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet)
Research Council of Norway (Norges forskningsråd)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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