Finnish Information Centre for Register Research ReTki
Aims
The Finnish Information Centre for Register Research (ReTki) aims to promote the use of national registers for research purposes, particularly in social and health sciences.
Basic functions
- To offer information on registers and the use of registers in research
- To organise training on register-based research
- To give practical advice on using register data in research
- To maintain a network of contact persons of participating register authorities and research institutes
Establishment and funding
ReTki was established within STAKES in 2003. Start-up funding was granted by the Academy of Finland. Since early 2006, the Centre's basic activities have been funded by the Social Insurance Institution, the National Public Health Institute, STAKES and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. The National Public Health Institute and STAKES joined to become the National Institution for Health and Welfare (THL) in January 2009.
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Current issues
Seminar on Register-based research in the Nordic Countries - possibilities and practices
Time: 5.4.2011 at 10.00 - 16.15
Place: THL auditorio, Lintulahdenkuja 4, Helsinki
Presentations can be found from the presentation archive
The Micro Data Remote Access System (MIDRAS) Investigation Project
The objective of the MIDRAS project for remote access has been to investigate and clarify how register-based research can be supported and the availability of register-based data sets can be enhanced.
The project, funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, was executed by CSC-IT Scientific Computing Center and the Finnish Information Centre for Register Research (ReTki). The proposed operational model will facilitate and diversify the means of register-based research, provide a new technical solution to support research, and improve access and reuse of information collected with public funding. In particular, the operational model will improve the availability and linking of confidential sensitive data sets from several authorities.
Current Register-based research
A special issue on the results from the PERFECT projectA special issue of the Annals of Medicine has been publiched on the results from the PERFECT project. The project has been studying performance measurements of healthcare episodes. The main aim of the special issue is to describe thePERFECT project to the international scientific communityand others working in the field. Special attentionis focused on both methodological challengesas well as practical solutions for register-based analysisof cost and outcomes..
A new article from the Drug and Pregnancy study
The Nationwide register-based surveillance system on drugs and pregnancy in Finland is a joint collaboration of three governmental organisations in Finland: the Finnish Medicines Agency, the Social Insurance Institution (SII) and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). The aim of the surveillance system is to obtain basic information on the use of prescribed drugs during pregnancy and to achieve more detailed information on drug exposure–outcome associations.
Dissertation on work and health
Marja Sinokki at the University of Turku defended her dissertation on Social factors at work and the health of employees on April 12th 2011.
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