Accuracy and reliability
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Welfare and Health, Social StatisticsEmilie Rune Hegelund
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The statistics are a good measure of the coverage of general practitioners in the country's municipalities since the registration of medical capacities presumably is complete as it is used to regulate the supply of general medical services under the National Health Service. The population statistics only have a minor uncertainty due to the lack of registration of illegal immigrants and delayed registration of emigrants. Revisions are not expected.
Overall accuracy
There is no reason to assume that there should be measurement errors in the registration of medical capacities. The registration of the number of people in the individual municipalities is, however, associated with a small degree of uncertainty, as the population statistics' population figures at the end of the year are, according to the statistical documentation, underestimated by 0.14 per cent due to illegal immigration and delayed registration of emigration.
For more detailed information on the accuracy of the source data, please refer to the documentation of the respective statistics.
Sampling error
Not relevant for these statistics.
Non-sampling error
The statistics' frame population includes all people and medical capacities registered in a municipality on 1 January in a given calendar year, for this reason, the frame population covers the entire target population.
The count of the number of people in the individual municipalities is associated with some uncertainty, as the population statistics' population figures at the end of the year are, according to the statistical documentation, underestimated by 0.14 per cent due to illegal immigration and delayed registration of emigration. However, there is no reason to assume that there should be measurement errors in the registration of medical capacities.
There is no non-response.
Quality management
Statistics Denmark follows the recommendations on organisation and management of quality given in the Code of Practice for European Statistics (CoP) and the implementation guidelines given in the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (QAF). A Working Group on Quality and a central quality assurance function have been established to continuously carry through control of products and processes.
Quality assurance
Statistics Denmark follows the principles in the Code of Practice for European Statistics (CoP) and uses the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (QAF) for the implementation of the principles. This involves continuous decentralized and central control of products and processes based on documentation following international standards. The central quality assurance function reports to the Working Group on Quality. Reports include suggestions for improvement that are assessed, decided and subsequently implemented.
Quality assessment
The source data for the statistics come from the population statistics and the Danish Health Data Authority's key figures for general practice. Detailed descriptions of the quality of the source data can be found in the statistical documentation of these registers.
These statistics have been developed based on current methods.
Data revision - policy
Statistics Denmark revises published figures in accordance with the Revision Policy for Statistics Denmark. The common procedures and principles of the Revision Policy are for some statistics supplemented by a specific revision practice.
Data revision practice
The statistics only publish final figures. Since these are completely new statistics, no revisions have currently been made.