Overview
The purpose of the collection of outpatient health statistics is to monitor, evaluate and plan curative and preventive health care at the primary and secondary level of health care system.
Data on outpatient statistics are an important source of information for population health monitoring indicators
and accessibility of outpatient health care activities in Slovenia. Health care providers collect data for each individual contact of the patients with the health service. It is reported by public and private healthcare providers.
Outpatient health statistics record contacts and services at general practicioners and specialist outpatient activities at the secondary level.
Health Care Databases Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, 65/00 and 47/15), National Statistcs Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 45/95 and 9/2001), Regulation (Ec) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work
State Budget
Demographics
Dataset
Access to microdata for research and analytical purposes (for registered researchers, researchers in public administration and registered research institutions) is provided.
Application form for the anonymised microdata is available at the web page: https://www.nijz.si/statisticna-pisarna
Researchers shall send the completed application for obtaining microdata by e-mail to statisticna.pisarna@nijz.si, or by post to NIJZ. Requests are then handled by internal Committee for Data Protection. If the application is approved, the agreement on data transmission is signed by researcher and NIJZ. Usually, data could be obtained at safe centre at NIJZ premises in Ljubljana, and/or on CD/USB (for the data on small sample).
Contact
NIJZ
Trubarjeva 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia