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    Overview
    Alternative title
    Banca dati delle Schede di Dimissione Ospedaliera
    Acronym
    HDR/ SDO
    Type of information
    Hospitalization statistics of the hospitals of the National Health System
    Description

    The information flow of the Hospital Discharge database (SDO flow) is the tool for collecting information relating to all hospitalization episodes provided in public and private hospitals throughout the national territory.

    Born for purely administrative purposes of the hospital setting, the SDO, thanks to the wealth of information contained, not only of an administrative but also of a clinical nature, has become an indispensable tool for a wide range of analyzes and elaborations, ranging from areas to support of health planning activities for monitoring the provision of hospital assistance and the Essential Levels of Assistance, for use for proxy analyzes of other levels of assistance as well as for more strictly clinical-epidemiological and outcome analyzes. In this regard, the SDO database is a fundamental element of the National Outcomes Program (PNE).

    The information collected includes the patient's personal characteristics (including age, sex, residence, level of education), characteristics of the hospitalization (for example institution and discharge discipline, hospitalization regime, method of discharge, booking date, priority class of hospitalization) and clinical features (e.g. main diagnosis, concomitant diagnoses, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures)

    Information relating to drugs administered during hospitalization or adverse reactions to them (subject to other specific information flows) is excluded from the discharge form.

    Funding

    Public funding

    Free keywords
    Healthcare
    Data Bank
    Topics
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Airborne and/or vaccine-preventable diseases;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Food and water borne;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Sexually transmissible and/or blood borne;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Zoonotic;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Cancer;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Cardiovascular diseases;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Dental diseases;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Diabetes;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Mental diseases;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Respiratory diseases;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Reproductive, maternal and newborn health;
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Accidents & injuries
    Country(ies):
    GEO coverage
    Nuts 3
    Target Population
    Hospitalized
    Age range
    From 0 years
    Sex
    Both
    Data Collection Period
    From 01 January 1995 - Ongoing
    Language(s)
    Italian
    Updating Periodicity
    Annually
    Personal Identifier
    National identifier
    Level of aggregation
    Individual
    Terms of data access

    Mainly restricted to administrative purposes (National Health System)

    Linkage possible
    Yes
    Data Owner(s)
    Ministero della Salute Italiano
    Contact name
    Simona Carbone
    Contact e-mail
    s.carbone@sanita.it
    Contact info (address)

    Ufficio 6 - Monitoraggio e verifica dell'erogazione dei LEA e dei Piani di rientro, Viale Giorgio Ribotta, 5 - 00144 Rome, Italy

    Updated on 10 January 2023