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- Journals and periodicals: 82-003-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.
Health Reports had an impact factor of 5.0 for 2022 and a five-year impact factor of 5.6. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 700,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.Release date: 2025-06-18 - Journals and periodicals: 82-221-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels, these data are produced from a wide range of the most recently available sources.
This Internet publication is produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Release date: 2020-07-30 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000600002Description:
Postoperative opioid prescriptions may be associated with risks of unintentional poisoning and drug diversion in other household members. The objective of this study was to explore the association between mothers' postoperative opioid prescriptions and incidence of opioid-related events in their children (aged 1 to 24 years).
Release date: 2020-07-15 - 4. Access to Health Care Services in Canada ArchivedJournals and periodicals: 82-575-XGeography: Province or territoryDescription:
This report provides results of the Health Services Access Survey (HSAS), which is now part of the Canadian Community Health Survey. The HSAS gathers comprehensive and comparable information on the patterns of use of health care services and self-reported difficulties faced by Canadians aged 15 and over in accessing health care. Data are presented for Canada as a whole and by province when sample sizes are sufficient.
Data on waiting times for specialized services such as specialist visits for a new illness or condition, non-emergency surgeries and selected diagnostics tests are also presented.
Release date: 2006-07-11 - 5. Health State Descriptions for Canadians: Cancers ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 82-619-M2005001Description:
This document examines the functional limitations - physical, emotional and social -experienced by patients at the time of diagnosis of cancer and as they undergo various treatments, remission, and palliative and terminal care. These functional limitations are described and classified using the Classification and Measurement System of Functional Health (CLAMES).
These descriptions and classifications are the first step in a new approach to measuring the health of Canadians that examines what factors are adversely affecting population health and how to address them. This document also provides health professionals, advocacy groups, and individual Canadians with an overview of how living with cancer affects day-to-day functioning.
Release date: 2005-08-16 - 6. 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 - 7. Vision problems among seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017041Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, data from the Canadian Community Health survey are used to estimate the number of seniors with vision problems, covering topics such as cataracts and glaucoma, diabetes and vision care insurance.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 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 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20020036557Geography: CanadaDescription:
After rising in the early 1990s, prostate cancer incidence rates have fallen. Mortality rates from the disease decreased among men aged 60 or older, but are little changed among younger men. In 2000/01, about four in 10 men aged 40 or older reported having had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
Release date: 2003-05-23 - 10. Hip and knee replacement ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20020016344Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the substantial increase in the numbers and rates of hip and knee replacements among seniors between 1981-82 and 1998-99, while also looking at the decline in the length of stay for both procedures. This increase in joint replacement surgery was evident for both sexes and in all senior age groups, although rates were consistently higher for women.
Release date: 2002-10-03
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- Journals and periodicals: 82-003-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.
Health Reports had an impact factor of 5.0 for 2022 and a five-year impact factor of 5.6. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 700,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.Release date: 2025-06-18 - Journals and periodicals: 82-221-XGeography: CanadaDescription:
Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels, these data are produced from a wide range of the most recently available sources.
This Internet publication is produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Release date: 2020-07-30 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X202000600002Description:
Postoperative opioid prescriptions may be associated with risks of unintentional poisoning and drug diversion in other household members. The objective of this study was to explore the association between mothers' postoperative opioid prescriptions and incidence of opioid-related events in their children (aged 1 to 24 years).
Release date: 2020-07-15 - 4. Access to Health Care Services in Canada ArchivedJournals and periodicals: 82-575-XGeography: Province or territoryDescription:
This report provides results of the Health Services Access Survey (HSAS), which is now part of the Canadian Community Health Survey. The HSAS gathers comprehensive and comparable information on the patterns of use of health care services and self-reported difficulties faced by Canadians aged 15 and over in accessing health care. Data are presented for Canada as a whole and by province when sample sizes are sufficient.
Data on waiting times for specialized services such as specialist visits for a new illness or condition, non-emergency surgeries and selected diagnostics tests are also presented.
Release date: 2006-07-11 - 5. 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 - 6. Vision problems among seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017041Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, data from the Canadian Community Health survey are used to estimate the number of seniors with vision problems, covering topics such as cataracts and glaucoma, diabetes and vision care insurance.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 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 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20020036557Geography: CanadaDescription:
After rising in the early 1990s, prostate cancer incidence rates have fallen. Mortality rates from the disease decreased among men aged 60 or older, but are little changed among younger men. In 2000/01, about four in 10 men aged 40 or older reported having had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
Release date: 2003-05-23 - 9. Hip and knee replacement ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20020016344Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines the substantial increase in the numbers and rates of hip and knee replacements among seniors between 1981-82 and 1998-99, while also looking at the decline in the length of stay for both procedures. This increase in joint replacement surgery was evident for both sexes and in all senior age groups, although rates were consistently higher for women.
Release date: 2002-10-03 - 10. Revascularization and heart attack outcomes ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20010026062Geography: Province or territoryDescription:
A year after their heart attack, three-quarters of the 12,271 patients admitted to hospital in 1995/96 in Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia had not been revascularized. Rates of revascularization were relatively low for women, the very elderly, and people with other health problems.
Release date: 2002-01-24
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- 1. Health State Descriptions for Canadians: Cancers ArchivedSurveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 82-619-M2005001Description:
This document examines the functional limitations - physical, emotional and social -experienced by patients at the time of diagnosis of cancer and as they undergo various treatments, remission, and palliative and terminal care. These functional limitations are described and classified using the Classification and Measurement System of Functional Health (CLAMES).
These descriptions and classifications are the first step in a new approach to measuring the health of Canadians that examines what factors are adversely affecting population health and how to address them. This document also provides health professionals, advocacy groups, and individual Canadians with an overview of how living with cancer affects day-to-day functioning.
Release date: 2005-08-16
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