We updated a previously described linkage between several national Swedish registers: the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register (SRQ), The Patient Register, the Prescribed Drug Register, the Cause of Death Register and the Population Register, with data until September 2020, and added data on admission to intensive care units (ICUs) through linkage to the Intensive Care Quality Register (online supplemental table 1).
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