Health Data Sources Sunny Kaniyathu 03 February 2011
Data Sources Statistics Canada –Survey data [health status of individuals] –License: Data Liberation Initiative Canadian Institutes for Health Information [CIHI] –Data on the health-care system International [cross-country data] –Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] –World Health Organization [WHO]
Statistics Canada Master Files Research Data Centres PUMF Equinox Profile Tables CANSIM Aggregate data Data Library U of S Archive DLI FTP Restricted
DLI Files Complete list:
Statistics Canada
CANSIM CANSIM on CHASS / E-STAT –CHASS updated weekly [Wednesdays] –E-STAT Updated yearly Some data series may be aggregated –for example: yearly versus monthly data Contains some census data Access to platforms: Data and GIS Library Services –Or search library catalogue [A – Z list]
CANSIM on CHASS
EQUINOX
StatsCan Nesstar View detailed metadata Variable level information including frequencies
U of S Archive
Data Library
DLI License Current U of S students, faculty and staff only Non-commercial use Researchers: Have to be funded through university research fund Collaborations –Only U of S affiliated researchers have access to data –Only results of any analyses can be shared with non-affiliated researchers
CIHI Statistics on aggregate-level health system data More detailed data can be requested –Free for graduate students
Health: Indicators and profiles Health ProfilesProfiles –Multiple levels of geography –Comparisons: Health region peer groups Health Indicators [w/ CIHI]IndicatorsCIHI –Compilation of over 80 indicators –Multiple levels of geography –Comparisons: Health region peer groups
Cross-country Data OECD Health DataOECD –Access via U of S CatalogueCatalogue –Download/ interact online –Data on health care status, resources and their utilization World Health Organization –Global Health Observatory (GHO)GHO –Pan American Health OrganizationHealth
Data and GIS Library Services Primary Contacts: –Sunny Kaniyathu: ; –Jasmine Hoover: ; Secondary Contacts: –Winnie Smit: ; –Robert Alary: ; Website:
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