PUBH 898: Health Economics Finding data and statistics
Sources - Canada Statistics Canada: Federal statistical agency Data released under Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) license Data can only be used for research purposes Surveys/ Aggregate data CIHI Health care system level data Public Health Agency Surveillance data
Statistics Canada Surveys/ Admin Data Research Data Centre Public Use Microdata Files (PUMF) Equinox Aggregate Data Web-based Extractors E-STAT CHASS CANSIM DLI Submit Proposal Make Data Anonymous Create Tables Free Aggregate Data Website Statistics Canada
Microdata vs Aggregate Microdata: Each line in the data file contains information on a unit (person, household, firm) Individual diagnosed with diabetes [yes/ no] Aggregate Data (statistics): Information aggregated from the microdata For example, rates of diabetes by province Data ≠ Statistics
Access: Library website
Statistics Canada website Use the website to find:website Identify relevant surveys/ CANSIM tables Publications and studies
Statistics Canada website
CANSIM data Extract using ESTAT/ CHASS
Survey Data Extract using
CIHI
Public Health Agency Chronic Disease Infobase Surveillance data
International OECD Health OECD Health System of Health Accounts 2011 >>>>
International WHO
Sources – International World Bank
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