ELAN data
The data within the research infrastructure allows researchers to investigate the current and past states of health affairs in the region Haaglanden and Hollands Midden, while also enabling the development of exploratory and predictive models using the available data as input. With its extensive data sets the ELAN research infrastructure serves as an ideal platform for conducting a wide range of studies, including both clinical and societal research.
The datasets are housed in two separate data infrastructures, one is referred to as the internal one, as it is hosted on the servers of LUMC, whereas the other is referred to as the external infrastructure, as it is hosted on the servers of CBS. For an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of each, click here.Within the regional research infrastructure, data from multiple sources are being linked at the individual level. Periodically, the data sources securely upload data to the research infrastructure, which transforms the data in such a way that allows for linkage between multiple data sets while minimising the risk of identifying individuals, even when multiple data sets are combined.
| Type of data | Source(s) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care health data | General Practitioners | patients in the ELAN region |
| Data from Statistics Netherlands | Statistics Netherlands | the Netherlands |
| Patient health data | Hospitals | patients from the hospitals HagaZiekenhuis or HMC |
| Acute and chronical care data | Hadoks | patients in Haaglanden |
| Mental health data | Parnassia | patients in Haaglanden |
| Perinatal data | Perined | patients in the Netherlands |
| Covid-19 | GGD Haaglanden | patients in Haaglanden |
| WMO data | Municipality of The Hague | citizens of The Hague |
| Cardiovascular data | Hospital | patients from the Reinier de Graaf hospital |
| Your own data | You | A population with an overlap to any of the sources above |