The search engine for healthcare databases
B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA® is Your Connection to Healthcare Databases Worldwide - a unique non-profit online reference describing population healthcare databases for use in epidemiology and health outcomes research. (NOTE: This site does not contain any proprietary data or actual datasets from any healthcare database.)
Drawing on decades of experience with databases, we developed this tool to allow users to identify key features and compare database profiles. This resource also serves as an educational tool for public health research and as a template for health systems planners to design or refine their healthcare data.
Benefits
Valuable resource for research companies
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Access a specialized glossary
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Scan recent publications & administrative contacts for each database
Archive searches & create your own database collections
Search & Compare standardized profiles side-by-side
Access most up-to-date profiles verified by database managers
Identify population healthcare databases worldwide
Key Database Features
Types of databases include:
- Longitudinal EMR and claims
- Drug or disease specific cohorts
- Registries
- National surveys
- National surveillance systems
- Spontaneous reporting systems
- Tissue/Blood
- Genomic/Pharmacogenetic
~370 standardized database profiles
135 defined data fields
Profiles from 48 countries
Regularly updated
What our customers say

The number of databases featured continues to grow at a rapid pace, and each profile is complete. The B.R.I.D.G.E. staff is extremely helpful in helping you navigate the site for your specific research questions.

I highly recommend researchers in the field of pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and related disciplines to use B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA to identify a suitable database which will meet the needs of their research. Also pharmaceutical companies should look more often at the databases described by B.R.I.D.G.E. if they are required to conduct PASS studies.

B.R.I.D.G.E. TO DATA is a tool which offers a shortcut between scientists and data for research. It allows the pharmaceutical community to gain time finding databases.
What's new
Initiated in 2001, the Japan Nurses’ Health Study (JNHS) is a prospective cohort investigation of the effects of lifestyle and healthcare on women’s health. The primary purposes of the JNHS… more »
We are pleased to add the following profiles: MinaCare Database (Japan): MinaCare is a high-density, high-volume longitudinal database with medical claims data for ~3.5 million… more »
Manitoba Population Health Research Data Repository: Burns Registry (Canada) This database contains clinical data on individuals registered as having burn injuries. The database contains… more »
The PatientsMap is a longitudinal, cross-sectional physician-survey database capturing the patient population size of 1,000 conditions in major countries including Japan, since 2011. It… more »