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    Feasibility Study on the Use of Provincial/Territorial Medicare Records for Measuring the Level of Inter-provincial and Inter-territorial Migration

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    Text Tables

    Text table 1
    Criteria to assess the feasibility of using Medicare records for estimating migration

    Text table 2
    Further criteria to assess the feasibility of using Medicare records for estimating migration

    Text table 3
    Application of uniformity and accuracy criteria to provincial/territorial Medicare records

    Tables

    Table 1
    Quality measure comparison between provincial/territorial health care registrations of total residents, new residents and the CCTB files

    Table 2
    Coverage ratios of total provincial health care registrant population to the Demography Division estimated population, for selected years, 2000 to 2006

    Table 3
    Opting out, premiums and coverage of dependents of specialized groups, 2007

    Table 4
    Coverage of non-permanent residents, 2007

    Table 5
    Comparison of quarterly in-migration based on provincial and territorial health insurance data and preliminary Demography Division estimates (CCTB-based) with annual figures (as of July 1) – 0 to 17 age group

    Table 6
    Absolute percent difference of quarterly in-migration based on provincial and territorial health insurance data original and lagged 3 months as compared to preliminary Demography Division estimates (CCTB-based) with annual figures (as of July 1) – 0 to 17 age group

    Charts

    Figure A1
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Newfoundland and Labrador

    Figure A2
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Prince Edward Island

    Figure A3
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Nova Scotia

    Figure A4
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, New Brunswick

    Figure A5
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Ontario

    Figure A6
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Manitoba

    Figure A7
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Saskatchewan

    Figure A8
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, British Columbia

    Figure A9
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Yukon

    Figure A10
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Northwest Territories

    Figure A11
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years, Nunavut

    Figure D1
    Domestic, foreign and unknown origin for in-migrants, quarterly – July to September 2001 to April to June 2006, 0 to 17 age group, Saskatchewan

    Appendix

    Annex A
    Monthly CCTB and Medicare data for in-migrants aged 0 to 17 years by province and territory

    Annex B1
    Comparison of quarterly in-migration based on provincial and territorial health insurance data and preliminary Demography Division estimates (CCTB-based) with annual figures (as of July 1) – 0 to 17 age group with Medicare data lagged by 3 months

    Annex B2
    Summary table comparing the lagged and non-lagged results of quarterly in-migration counting the number of quarters with a ratio of 1.0 and ratio greater than 1.0 based on Annex B1

    Annex C
    Undercoverage in the New Brunswick health care registration file

    Annex D
    Unknown origin of in-migrant data in the Saskatchewan health care registration file, quarterly 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 for the 0 to 17 age group

    Annex E
    Comparison of quarterly net-migration based on Manitoba health insurance data and preliminary Demography Division estimates (CCTB-base) with annual figures as of July 1, 0 to 17 age cohort

    Annex F
    Prince Edward Island inter-provincial in-migrant processing, eligibility and arrival months and lag problems

    Annex G
    Missing data points for Medicare data, monthly, 2001 to 2006

    Annex H
    Samples of provincial/territorial health care registration forms

    Annex I
    Follow-up document

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