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General description
The Institut für Angewandte Gesundheitsforschung (InGef — formerly Health Risk Institute; HRI) database is a de-identified administrative database that contains claims data from over 60 German statutory health insurances (SHIs). The InGef's main goal is to conduct health services research in collaboration with outside research teams and SHIs.
The InGef database comprises longitudinal data on demographic parameters, HRU, mortality, and prescription rates for about 8.8 million insured people in Germany, and has strong external validity for morbidity, mortality, and prescription medication usage with the German population.
Variable categories
Limitations
- It is not feasible to check the data with medical charts due to the anonymised nature of the data.
- Data is only available for six years for health services research, which is crucial for studies that require a longer observation period.
Related publications
*Cardiovascular disease prevalence in type 2 diabetes – an analysis of a large German statutory health insurance database *Correction to: Fractures in untreated patients with osteoporosis in Germany: an InGef healthcare insurance database analysis. *Prevalence, incidence, and health care utilization of patients with narcolepsy: a population-representative study. *The burden of illness in initiating intermittent catheterization: an analysis of German health care claims data. *Epidemiology, comorbidities, and healthcare utilization of patients with chronic urticaria in Germany.