Abstract
Administrative health data recorded for individual health episodes (such as births, deaths, physician visits, and hospital stays) are being widely used to study policy-relevant scientific questions about population health, health services, and quality of care. An increasing number of international health comparisons are undertaken with these data. An essential pre-requisite to such international comparative work is a detailed characterization of existing international health data resources, so that they can be more readily used for comparisons across counties. A major challenge to such international comparative work is the variability across countries in the extent, content, and validity of existing administrative data holdings. Recognizing this, we have undertaken an international proof of concept pilot compiling detailed data about data – i.e., a “meta-data catalogue” – for existing international administrative health data holdings. We describe the methodological process for collecting these meta-data, along with some general descriptive results for selected countries included in the pilot.
Highlights
An essential pre-requisite to such international comparative work is a detailed characterization of existing international health data resources, such that they are more readily available for comparison across counties
Its utility depends upon the uptake of a broad user-community of researchers, policy makers, administrators, and information system developers
We present our early attempt to address some of these issues through an internet-based research tool
Summary
GE1,2,3, Minty, EP2, Southern, DA1, Quan, H1,3, and Ghali, WA1,2,3 for the International Methodology Consortium for Coded Health Information (IMECCHI). University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta 2Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta 3Department of Community
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