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A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research
June 2015
Using personal health insurance numbers to link the Canadian Cancer Registry and the Discharge Abstract Database
by Dianne Zakaria, Richard Trudeau, Claudia Sanmartin, Patricia Murison, Gisèle Carrière, Maureen MacIntyre, Donna Turner, Brandon Wagar, Mary Jane King, Kim Vriends, Ryan Woods, Gina Lockwood and Rabiâ Louchini
Data linkages enhance the usefulness of information in different sources (for example, administrative databases, censuses, surveys) and provide insight not available when data sources are used in isolation. Linking information from cancer registries to administrative health data offers opportunities to study health care use patterns (including treatment) of cancer patients. The Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR), which contains unique patient identifiers that facilitate record linkage, has been probabilistically linked to census and mortality data to examine cancer outcomes for key subgroups.
Social determinants of lung cancer incidence in Canada: A 13-year prospective study
by Debjani Mitra, Amanda Shaw, Michael Tjepkema and Paul Peters
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in Canada, with an estimated 26,100 new cases and 20,500 deaths in 2014. Research consistently shows that lung cancer risk is inversely associated with socioeconomic status (SES).
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