Using personal health insurance numbers to link the Canadian Cancer Registry and the Discharge Abstract Database - ARCHIVED

Articles and reports: 82-003-X201500614196

Description:

This study investigates the feasibility and validity of using personal health insurance numbers to deterministically link the CCR and the Discharge Abstract Database to obtain hospitalization information about people with primary cancers.

Issue Number: 2015006
Author(s): Carriere, Gisèle; King, Mary Jane; Lockwood, Gina; Louchini, Rabiâ; MacIntyre, Maureen; Murison, Patricia; Sanmartin, Claudia; Trudeau, Richard; Turner, Donna; Vriends, Kim; Wagar, Brandon; Woods, Ryan ; Zakaria, Dianne

Main Product: Health Reports

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