National Quality Registry for Intensive Care (SIR)

• Registry Manager: Värmland County Council
• Registry Centre - affiliation: Registry Centre Stockholm, QRC
• Start year: 2001
• Classifications used: KVÅ, ICD10
• This registry contains data on: Diagnoses, Interventions, Inpatient Care, PROM or other patient-reported health effects, Follow-up Data 3-5 months after the case is registered in the registry, Follow-up Data 6-11 months after the case is registered in the registry, Follow-up Data 12 months or later after the case is registered in the registry

Description of registry

The purpose of the Swedish Intensive Care Registry is to, without personal gain, manage a National Quality Registry for Intensive Care in Sweden in order to monitor and improve the quality of Swedish intensive care in selected continuously monitored areas. The Swedish Intensive Care Registry will also promote the development of methods and research in the area of intensive care, primarily in epidemiology, but also in other targeted areas in which the participation of many centres is necessary for conducing high-quality scientific studies.

Population

All intensive care patients in Sweden.

Ages in the registry

All ages.

Volume over the past operating year

45,830 admissions of a total of about 50,000.

Coverage rate

78 of 84 clinics were members in 2014 (75 sent data). 78 of 84 clinics were members in 2015 (77 sent data).

References on validations

Intensive care is not included in the patient registry, and an external coverage rate analysis can thus not be conducted.

Note: Variable lists are updated on a regular basis and should therefore be seen as preliminary. For the latest version, please contact the registry.