2001
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.22.1.213
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Administrative Data for Public Health Surveillance and Planning

Abstract: Electronically available administrative data are increasingly used by public health researchers and planners. The validity of the data source has been established, and its strengths and weaknesses relative to data abstracted from medical records and obtained via survey are documented. Administrative data are available from a variety of state, federal, and private sources and can, in many cases, be combined. As a tool for planning and surveillance, administrative data show great promise: They contain consistent… Show more

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“…1,2 These data are popular for several reasons: they are timely; they contain information about numerous individuals; and they are relatively inexpensive to access and use. Electronic physician claims data, which capture billing records or claims for outpatient physician contacts with patients, are a rich resource for research and surveillance because the vast majority of people with a chronic disease will maintain regular contact with a physician for disease management and treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,2 These data are popular for several reasons: they are timely; they contain information about numerous individuals; and they are relatively inexpensive to access and use. Electronic physician claims data, which capture billing records or claims for outpatient physician contacts with patients, are a rich resource for research and surveillance because the vast majority of people with a chronic disease will maintain regular contact with a physician for disease management and treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Medicare provides payment for all or part of health care for most US residents aged 65 and older [24], and data stemming from the payment of Medicare bills is now used widely as a population-based data source for clinical occurrences [24]. Of IWHS cohort members surviving to 65 years, 98% (40,377 of 40,997) met our CMS inclusion criteria and were therefore followed for incident VTE events [1].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les donnĂ©es administratives Ă©lectroniques sur la santĂ© sont largement utilisĂ©es au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde pour mener des recherches et exercer une surveillance sur les maladies chroniques Ă  l'Ă©chelle des populations 1,2 . Ces donnĂ©es sont apprĂ©ciĂ©es pour plusieurs raisons : elles sont Ă  jour, elles contiennent des…”
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