Longer response times during weeks 27–32

Due to the summer holiday period at the Health Data Service and the health data registries, response times may be slightly longer than usual during weeks 27–32. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Application guidance

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Before you apply

What is the difference between personally identifiable and anonymous information? What information do you need to answer your research question?

Finding and defining datasets

What should one consider when using the variable explorer to find data?

Anonymous information

Do you need tabular data, statistical, grouped or anonymous data?

Personally identifiable data

What should you consider if you are going to apply for data that can be directly or indirectly linked to individuals?

Project change

Are you going to apply for changes to an existing project?

Legal basis

Which approvals are needed to access health data for secondary use?

Data linkage and data flow

How is data from different data sources combined, and how is the connection key distributed?

Access to data

After I have been granted access to data, where and how are the datasets made available?

Prices and response deadlines

How much will it cost for fees and processing to access health data?

Processing time and delivery time

How long will it take before I can access data?

Access to complaints

How does one proceed to appeal a decision?