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This research aims to describe the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database's content, structure, strengths, and limitations.

November 12, 2025Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Tracking nursing home residents in Denmark: the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database

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MSMarie-Catherine SchallerMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences APAnton Pottegård CLCarina Lundby

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The Danish Nursing Home Resident Database facilitates research on comorbidities and healthcare utilisation in geriatric care, indicating its role in public health policy.

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This research aims to describe the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database's content, structure, strengths, and limitations.
Includes all nursing homes registered in plejehjemsoversigten.dk (PLOV) since 2019
Retrospective data reconstruction from 2011 and 2014
Integrates resident demographics from the Civil Personal Register (CPR)
Offers near real-time updates of the CPR and quarterly updates for PLOV
Supports linkages to healthcare registers via CPR numbers
Enables analyses of comorbidities and healthcare utilisation
Provides insights into mortality outcomes
Facilitates population-based research and evidence-based policymaking in geriatric care

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Schaller et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e8bc0ce034ddc355cd2 https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948251391588

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The Danish Nursing Home Resident Database facilitates research on comorbidities and healthcare utilisation in geriatric care, indicating its role in public health policy.

Tracking nursing home residents in Denmark: the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database

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Tracking nursing home residents in Denmark: the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database

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