Table 1. Summary of national Swedish registries used in this retrospective, non-interventional study.
| Registry | Year founded | Data | Completeness (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Cancer Register |
1958 |
Diagnosis and death records of all patients with a cancer diagnosis |
100 |
| National Patient Register |
1987 |
Information on inpatient visits (since 1987) and outpatient visits (since 2001) |
>90 |
| Swedish Prescribed Drug Register | 2005 | Dates and amounts of prescribed and dispensed drugs for individual patients | 100 |
a
Barlow et al, 2009; Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, 2011; Wettermark et al, 2007.