Danish Registry Reviews

Danish Registry Reviews

Overview of Danish Registry Reviews

With this overview of Danish Registry Reviews, the Danish Society for Pharmacoepidemiology aims to provide a list of reviews that most accurately describes the main Danish registries and their use for pharmacoepidemiological research.

In 2019, Morten Schmidt and colleagues published a review of the Danish Health Care System and the associated medical databases. This review is a good place to get an overview of the Danish registries and reviews published on these registries. You can find the review here https://doi.org/10.2147/Clep.S179083.

However, reviews may become outdated with time for several reasons. Thus, the registries or the methods for which they can be used in research are often improved over time. The application procedures may also change. Finally, validation of the registry data with new information about the quality of the data may also justify updates of existing reviews.

There is therefore a consistent need to stay updated on which reviews that best describe each registry. To facilitate this information to individual researcher and to create a common platform where researchers easily can check if new reviews have been published, the Society have made the overview below.

Comments or suggestions for updates are welcome and can be mailed to info@dsfe.dk.

Overview of the Danish registries

The Danish name of register

The English name of register The title of the publication Authors Year of publication Journal DOI with link
IVF-registeret (assisteret reproduktion) The Danish National Register of assisted reproductive technology The Danish National Register of assisted reproductive technology: content and research potentials Jølving LR, Erb K, Nørgård BM, Fedder J, Larsen Md 2021 Eur J Epidemiol. 2021; 36(4):445-452 10.1007/s10654-021-00742-8
Det Elektroniske Patient Medicineringssystem (EPM) [Hospitalslægemiddelregister for Region Hovedstaden] The Electronic Patient Medication module (EPM) [In-hospital drug-use in the Capital Region of Denmark] Content and validation of the Electronic Patient Medication module (EPM)-the administrative in-hospital drug use database in the Capital Region of Denmark Jensen TB, Jimenez-Solem E, Cortes R, et al 2018 Scand J Public Health 2018 10.1177/1403494818760050
Det Medicinske Fødselsregister Medical Birth Registry The Danish Medical Birth Register Bliddal M, Broe A, Pottegård A, et al 2018 Eur J Epidemiol 2018;33: 27-36 10.1007/s10654-018-0356-1
Odense Pharmacoepidemiolocial Database (OPED) Odense Pharmacoepidemiolocial Database (OPED) Odense Pharmacoepidemiological Database: A Review of Use and Content Hallas J, Hellfritzsch M, Rix M, et al 2017 Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2017 May;120(5):419-425. 10.1111/bcpt.12764
Lægemiddelstatistikregisteret The Danish National Prescription Registry Data Resource Profile: The Danish National Prescription Registry Pottegård A, Schmidt SA, Wallach-Kildemoes H, et al 2016 Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Oct 27. pii: dyw213. 10.1093/ije/dyw213
Medstat.dk Medstat.dk – The Danish online Drug use statistics Data Resource Profile: Danish online drug use statistics (MEDSTAT) Schmidt M, Hallas J, Laursen M, Friis 2016 Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Oct;45(5):1401-1402g 10.1093/ije/dyw116
Landspatientregistret The Danish National Patient Registry The Danish National Patient Registry: a review of content, data quality, and research potential Schmidt M, Schmidt SAJ, Sandegaard JL, et al 2015 Clin Epidemiol 2015;7:449-90 10.2147/CLEP.S91125
Vestdansk hjerte-CT database Western Denmark Cardiac Computed Tomography Registry The Western Denmark Cardiac Computed Tomography Registry: a review and validation study Nielsen LH, Nørgaard BL, Tilsted HH, et al 2015 Clin Epidemiol 2015;7:53-64 10.2147/CLEP.S73728
CPR-registret The Civil Registration System The Danish Civil Registration System as a tool in epidemiology Schmidt M, Pedersen L, Sørensen HT 2014 Eur J Epidemiol 2014;29:541-9 10.1007/s10654-014-9930-3
Dansk receptdatabase The Danish National Database of Reimbursed Prescriptions Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: The Danish National Database of Reimbursed Prescriptions Johannesdottir SA, Horvath-Puho E, Ehrenstein V, et al 2012 Clin Epidemiol 2012;4:303-13 10.2147/CLEP.S37587
Bygnings- og Boligregistret (BBR) The Building and Housing Register The Building and Housing Register Christensen G 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:106-8 10.1177/1403494811399168
Cancerregistret The Danish Cancer Registry The Danish Cancer Registry Gjerstorff ML 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:42-5 10.1177/1403494810393562
Det Centrale psykiatriregister The Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register The Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register Mors O, Perto GP, Mortensen PB 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:54-7 10.1177/1403494810395825
Dødsårsagsregistret The Danish Register of Causes of Death The Danish Register of Causes of Death Helweg-Larsen K 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:26-9 10.1177/1403494811399958
Indkomstregistret Income Statistics Register Danish registers on personal income and transfer payments Baadsgaard M, Quitzau J 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:103-5 10.1177/1403494811405098
Laboratoriedatabasen (LABKA) The clinical laboratory information system (LABKA) Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: The clinical laboratory information system (LABKA) research database at Aarhus University, Denmark Grann AF, Erichsen R, Nielsen AG, et al 2011 Clin Epidemiol 2011;3:133-8 10.2147/CLEP.S17901
Uddannelsesregistre Danish Education Registers Danish education registers Jensen VM, Rasmussen AW 2011 Scand J Public Health 2011;39:91-4 10.1177/1403494810394715
Vestdansk Hjertedatabase The Western Denmark Heart Registry Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: The Western Denmark Heart Registry Schmidt M, Maeng M, Jakobsen C-J, et al 2010 Clin Epidemiol 2010;2:137-44 10.2147/CLEP.S10190
Aarhus Universitets Receptdatabase Aarhus University Prescription Database Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: Aarhus University Prescription Database Ehrenstein V, Antonsen S, Pedersen L 2010 Clin Epidemiol 2010;2:273-9 10.2147/CLEP.S13458

Overview of the timeline for the initiation of the Danish registries (Clin Epidemiol 2015;7:449–90)



A previous version of the Danish Registry Review can be found here: Danish Registry Reviews