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Ascertaining asthma status in epidemiologic studies: a comparison between administrative health data and self-report
BackgroundStudies have suggested that agreement between administrative health data and self-report for asthma status ranges from fair to good, but...
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Using health administrative data to model associations and predict hospital admissions and length of stay for people with eating disorders
BackgroundEating disorders are serious mental illnesses requiring a whole of health approach. Routinely collected health administrative data has...
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Health Service Utilisation of People Living with Psychosis: Validity of Self-report Compared with Administrative Data in a Randomised Controlled Trial
BackgroundSelf-reported service use informs resource utilisation and cost estimates, though its validity for use within economic evaluations is...
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Multimorbidity prevalence and health outcome prediction: assessing the impact of lookback periods, disease count, and definition criteria in health administrative data at the population-based level
BackgroundHealth administrative databases play a crucial role in population-level multimorbidity surveillance. Determining the appropriate...
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Understanding the biases to sepsis surveillance and quality assurance caused by inaccurate coding in administrative health data
PurposeTimely and accurate data on the epidemiology of sepsis are essential to inform policy decisions and research priorities. We aimed to...
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Exact-matching algorithms using administrative health claims database equivalence factors for real-world data analysis based on the target trial emulation framework
Real-world data have become increasingly important in medical science and healthcare. A new, effective, and practically feasible statistical design...
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Characterizing mental health related service contacts in children and youth: a linkage study of health survey and administrative data
BackgroundTo inform the provision and organization of care, and to improve equitable access to mental health services for children and youth, we must...
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Real world challenges in integrating electronic medical record and administrative health data for regional quality improvement in diabetes: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis
BackgroundLinked electronic medical records and administrative data have the potential to support a learning health system and data-driven quality...
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Identifying inpatient hospitalizations with continuous electroencephalogram monitoring from administrative data
BackgroundContinuous electroencephalography (cEEG) is increasingly utilized in hospitalized patients to detect and treat seizures. Epidemiologic and...
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Examining the Relationship Between Screening for Postpartum Depression and Associated Child Health Service Utilization and Costs: A Study Using the All Our Families Cohort and Administrative Data
IntroductionDespite a recognized association between maternal postpartum depression (PPD) and adverse child health outcomes, evidence examining the...
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Development of the multivariate administrative data cystectomy model and its impact on misclassification bias
BackgroundMisclassification bias (MB) is the deviation of measured from true values due to incorrect case assignment. This study compared MB when...
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Validating opioid use disorder diagnoses in administrative data: a commentary on existing evidence and future directions
BackgroundA valid opioid use disorder (OUD) identification algorithm for use in administrative medical record data would enhance investigators’...
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Applicability of STOPP/START prescribing criteria in integrated Swedish administrative health registries and a Swedish population-based cohort
PurposeThe STOPP/START criteria are frequently applied in observational studies to assess potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults. This...
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The anesthesia workforce in Canada: a methodology to identify physician anesthesia providers using health administrative data
BackgroundSafe and timely anesthesia services are an integral component of modern health care systems. There are, however, increasing concerns about...
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Predictors and consequences of homelessness in whole-population observational studies that used administrative data: a systematic review
BackgroundHomelessness is a complex societal and public health challenge. Limited information exists about the population-level health and social...
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Virtual family physician care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study using health administrative data and qualitative interviews
BackgroundThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift in primary health care from predominantly in-person to high volumes of...
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Building infrastructure for outcomes-based agreements in Canada: can administrative health data be used to support an outcomes-based agreement in oncology?
BackgroundOutcomes-based agreements (OBAs) have the potential to provide more timely patient access to novel therapies, although they are not...
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Diagnostic accuracy of linked administrative data for dementia diagnosis in community-dwelling older men in Australia
BackgroundRoutinely collected health administrative data can be used to estimate the prevalence or incidence of dementia at a population level but...
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Linking health survey data with health insurance data: methodology, challenges, opportunities and recommendations for public health research. An experience from the HISlink project in Belgium
In recent years, the linkage of survey data to health administrative data has increased. This offers new opportunities for research into the use of...
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Biases arising from linked administrative data for epidemiological research: a conceptual framework from registration to analyses
Linked administrative data offer a rich source of information that can be harnessed to describe patterns of disease, understand their causes and...
