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The Biostatistics Unit at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, working with several Catalan healthcare and research institutions, has made public a database from the DIVINE study containing data from over 5,800 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The database has been published in Scientific Data, a journal that specializes in making datasets accessible and reusable for the scientific community. This release provides comprehensive clinical information that can be used by researchers worldwide to study COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Why it matters
Making large-scale patient data publicly available enables researchers globally to conduct analyses without needing to collect their own cohorts, accelerating COVID-19 research and understanding of the disease. The proper documentation and accessibility of this dataset allows for more robust studies, validation of findings across different populations, and development of better treatment strategies and predictive models.
The Biostatistics Unit at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), in collaboration with researchers from several Catalan health care and research institutions, has published the DIVINE study database in Scientific Data. The journal specializes in publishing datasets and promotes the accessibility, proper documentation and reusability of these resources by the scientific community.