Administrative data are collected primarily for non-statistical purposes and adopted for producing statistics, whereas statistical data are collected for generating statistics. The concept of ...

The combination of electronic medical record data and administrative data provides the fullest picture of patient health histories. Background: Primary care electronic medical records (EMRs) represent ...

Code sensitivity was determined by identifying a cohort of men with histologically confirmed prostate cancer in the Ontario Cancer Registry and linking them to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) ...

Analysts and researchers ask questions that require a better handle on the “wheres” in the world. Who is allowed to vote in an election? Where are disease rates increasing the fastest? What school ...

ACS NSQIP provides more accurate data than administrative data for driving surgical quality improvement in hospitals, according to two new studies. The research suggests that ACS NSQIP is a vital tool ...

Background: Administrative databases have become an important tool to monitor diseases. Patients with epilepsy could be traced using disease-specific codes and prescriptions, but formal validation is ...

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2004), pp. 157-164 (8 pages) Objective. To determine the ability of administrative data in predicting in-hospital mortality for ...