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CHL 5405S: Community health assessment

CHL 5405S: Community health assessment. Class presentation 16/01/2003 by L. Ruus, Data Library Service <laine.ruus@utoronto.ca>. Who collects data about us?. Corporate sector Marketing and public opinion companies Banks and credit companies Government Federal government

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CHL 5405S: Community health assessment

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  1. CHL 5405S: Community health assessment Class presentation 16/01/2003 by L. Ruus, Data Library Service <laine.ruus@utoronto.ca>

  2. Who collects data about us? • Corporate sector • Marketing and public opinion companies • Banks and credit companies • Government • Federal government • Provincial government • Municipal government • Academic sector

  3. Data source considerations (quality) Data/statistics: • Source attribution of all data and statistics • Transparency of derived data Collector: • Protection/guarantee of privacy and confidentiality • Changes and corrections • Obligation to publish/inform • Preservation policies

  4. Government data collection: federal • Health Canada • Environment Canada • Human Resources Development Canada • Statistics Canada • own data collection • data collection for other government institutions under contract (e.g. NLSCY) • Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

  5. Statistics Canada: • Process-produced data (eg. births, deaths, marriages, imports, exports, etc.) • Sample surveys (eg. monthly labour force survey, etc.) • Census of population (100% & 20% samples) • first conducted in 1666 • every 10 years 1871-1951 • every 5 years 1961-2001 (latest)

  6. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): • launched 1994 • Hospital Medical Records Institute + MIS Group + Health Canada + Statistics Canada • data collection: • health human resources • health care expenditures • health services

  7. Government data collection: provincial • Consumer and Business Services • Registration Division • Registrar General Branch • Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) • Health Intelligence Units (eg CEHIP) • Ministry of Transportation • etc.

  8. International government organizations (IGOS): • OECD • United Nations and affiliates • World Bank • European Communities • etc.

  9. Data dissemination: • Statistics Canada - $$$, selected statistics free But most data/statistics available free via UT/DLS. • CIHI - $$$, selected statistics free • MOHLTC - restricted • CEHIP - restricted • Toronto RDC - very restricted • UT/DLS

  10. Central East Health Information Partnership (CEHIP): • Provincial data sources, for example: • Ontario Dental Health Indices Survey • Ontario Home Care Administrative System • Ontario Live Birth Database • Ontario Mortality Database • Ontario Stillbirth Database • Psychiatric Hospitalization

  11. Toronto Region - Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC): • Statistics Canada survey data: microdata • some Census of Canada profile files

  12. University of Toronto. Data Library Service (UT/DLS): • <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/> • data types: microdata, aggregate statistics, time-series statistics • sources: • Statistics Canada: DSP, DLI, purchase • other Canadian and some provincial government sources • academic sector surveys

  13. University of Toronto. Data Library Service (UT/DLS) (cont’d): • Sources (cont’d): • US health data and statistics, via ICPSR: <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu> • national and international socio-economic time-series statistics: • Statistics Canada: CANSIM II, Health indicators database • International Monetary Fund • United Nations: UNSTATS database • OECD: SourceOECD • World Bank: World development indicators

  14. In conclusion: • Before you buy data, check with UT/DLS • When you use data, cite your sources • When you collect data, deposit with a data archive (eg UT/DLS)

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