Table 1 Administrative database sources used for the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) evaluation
Database | Description of contents |
|---|---|
The Census data | Contains the sociodemographic profile and a measure of deprivation associated with different regions (small regions called dissemination areas). |
The Client Agency Enrolment Program | Tracks patient enrollment to individual family physicians. |
The Corporate Provider Database | Captures physician demographic and training information, and tracks their enrolment in practices and the primary care service organizations. |
The Discharge Abstract Database | Provides information on all acute care hospitalizations. |
The National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) | Provides information on all emergency department encounters and same day surgeries. |
The Ontario Drug Benefit Program Database | Tracks all provincially reimbursed prescription drug products dispensed to Ontarians aged 65 years and older or receiving social assistance. |
The Ontario Health Insurance Plan Claims History Database | Captures information regarding in-and-out patient physician services and outpatient diagnostic and laboratory services. |
The Ontario Physician Human Resources Database | Identifies area of specializations for physicians and allows primary care providers who are generalists to be identified. |
The Registered Person’s Database | Captures demographic information and vital status (alive/deceased) for all Ontarians insured under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan |
The Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File | Allows patients to be attributed to a census dissemination area based on postal code. |