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A Canadian peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research
August 2016
Acute care hospitalization by Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2006 through 2008
by Gisèle Carrière, Evelyne Bougie, Dafna Kohen, Michelle Rotermann and Claudia Sanmartin
Differences in health, health determinants and use of health care services between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people suggest that the frequency and nature of acute care hospitalization may vary. However, national information about hospital admissions of Aboriginal people is scarce. In some provinces—Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan—hospital records contain First Nations identifiers, or for Métis persons, identifiers were appended, which enable analyses of hospitalizations of these groups. In other jurisdictions, Aboriginal identity is not routinely included on hospital records. As a result, in Canada, national-level data about the hospitalization of Aboriginal people are not available.
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