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- 1. Shorter hospital stays for breast cancer ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017038Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, a 20-year trend in the average length of hospital stay for breast cancer is traced, using data from the Hospital Morbitiy Database and the Person-oriented Information Database. Reasons for the shorter length of stay are examined and its impact on outcomes is discussed.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 2. Use of hospital emergency rooms ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017039Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Health Reports article uses data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey to estimate how many Canadians reported that their most recent contact with the health care system took place in a hospital emergency room (ER).
Sex, age and other characteristics of those who had visited a hospital ER are reported as well as level of satisfaction, including characteristics of those who were dissatisfied with their hospital emergency room care.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 3. Dental consultations ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017040Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Health Reports article presents recent information from the Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canada Health Survey on dental consultations by sex, age, education, income and availability of dental insurance. Reasons for not seeking dental care are also outlined.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 4. Looking after seniors: Who does what for whom? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20040027002Geography: CanadaDescription:
Who provides care to our aging population, and how can we best support them? This article examines caregivers aged 45 to 64 and those 65 and over, and the particular issues for each group.
Release date: 2004-09-14 - 5. Simulation study to assess the precision of the two-stage cluster survey for injection safety ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20020016721Description:
This paper examines the simulation study that was conducted to assess the sampling scheme designed for the World Health Organization (WHO) Injection Safety Assessment Survey. The objective of this assessment survey is to determine whether facilities in which injections are given meet the necessary safety requirements for injection administration, equipment, supplies and waste disposal. The main parameter of interest is the proportion of health care facilities in a country that have safe injection practices.
The objective of this simulation study was to assess the accuracy and precision of the proposed sampling design. To this end, two artificial populations were created based on the two African countries of Niger and Burkina Faso, in which the pilot survey was tested. To create a wide variety of hypothetical populations, the assignment of whether a health care facility was safe or not was based on the different combinations of the population proportion of safe health care facilities in the country, the homogeneity of the districts in the country with respect to injection safety, and whether the health care facility was located in an urban or rural district.
Using the results of the simulation, a multi-factor analysis of variance was used to determine which factors affect the outcome measures of absolute bias, standard error and mean-squared error.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046974Geography: CanadaDescription:
Hospitalization with post-operative infection is relatively rare following cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy, with 1.4%, 2.0% and 3.8%, respectively, of patients being identified as having an infection within 30 days of surgery. Nonetheless, the costs of readmission for post-operative infection are estimated at $5.4 to $6.3 million annually.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 7. Inflammatory bowel disease: Hospitalization ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046975Geography: CanadaDescription:
Since the early 1980s, the overall hospitalization rate in Canada has fallen sharply, but the rate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been stable. To some degree, this stability during an era of decline reflects the high rate of readmission among IBD patients, with more than 20% having at least two hospital stays during the course of a year.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 8. Health care professionals ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20031126699Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines characteristics and earnings of health workers - professionals, technical personnel and support personnel - using the 1991 and 2001 censuses. It examines the characteristics of nurses and doctors in more detail.
Release date: 2004-03-19
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- 1. Shorter hospital stays for breast cancer ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017038Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, a 20-year trend in the average length of hospital stay for breast cancer is traced, using data from the Hospital Morbitiy Database and the Person-oriented Information Database. Reasons for the shorter length of stay are examined and its impact on outcomes is discussed.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 2. Use of hospital emergency rooms ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017039Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Health Reports article uses data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey to estimate how many Canadians reported that their most recent contact with the health care system took place in a hospital emergency room (ER).
Sex, age and other characteristics of those who had visited a hospital ER are reported as well as level of satisfaction, including characteristics of those who were dissatisfied with their hospital emergency room care.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 3. Dental consultations ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017040Geography: CanadaDescription:
This Health Reports article presents recent information from the Canadian Community Health Survey and the Canada Health Survey on dental consultations by sex, age, education, income and availability of dental insurance. Reasons for not seeking dental care are also outlined.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 4. Looking after seniors: Who does what for whom? ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20040027002Geography: CanadaDescription:
Who provides care to our aging population, and how can we best support them? This article examines caregivers aged 45 to 64 and those 65 and over, and the particular issues for each group.
Release date: 2004-09-14 - 5. Simulation study to assess the precision of the two-stage cluster survey for injection safety ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-522-X20020016721Description:
This paper examines the simulation study that was conducted to assess the sampling scheme designed for the World Health Organization (WHO) Injection Safety Assessment Survey. The objective of this assessment survey is to determine whether facilities in which injections are given meet the necessary safety requirements for injection administration, equipment, supplies and waste disposal. The main parameter of interest is the proportion of health care facilities in a country that have safe injection practices.
The objective of this simulation study was to assess the accuracy and precision of the proposed sampling design. To this end, two artificial populations were created based on the two African countries of Niger and Burkina Faso, in which the pilot survey was tested. To create a wide variety of hypothetical populations, the assignment of whether a health care facility was safe or not was based on the different combinations of the population proportion of safe health care facilities in the country, the homogeneity of the districts in the country with respect to injection safety, and whether the health care facility was located in an urban or rural district.
Using the results of the simulation, a multi-factor analysis of variance was used to determine which factors affect the outcome measures of absolute bias, standard error and mean-squared error.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046974Geography: CanadaDescription:
Hospitalization with post-operative infection is relatively rare following cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy, with 1.4%, 2.0% and 3.8%, respectively, of patients being identified as having an infection within 30 days of surgery. Nonetheless, the costs of readmission for post-operative infection are estimated at $5.4 to $6.3 million annually.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 7. Inflammatory bowel disease: Hospitalization ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046975Geography: CanadaDescription:
Since the early 1980s, the overall hospitalization rate in Canada has fallen sharply, but the rate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been stable. To some degree, this stability during an era of decline reflects the high rate of readmission among IBD patients, with more than 20% having at least two hospital stays during the course of a year.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 8. Health care professionals ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20031126699Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines characteristics and earnings of health workers - professionals, technical personnel and support personnel - using the 1991 and 2001 censuses. It examines the characteristics of nurses and doctors in more detail.
Release date: 2004-03-19
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