BACKGROUND Administrative data are increasingly being used to assess outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of transplant data in healthcare administrative databases compared to the reference standard of information collected directly from transplant centres. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING One of three major transplant centres in Ontario (To...

OBJECTIVES This study attempts to develop a comprehensive set of comorbidity measures for use with large administrative inpatient datasets. METHODS The study involved clinical and empirical review of comorbidity measures, development of a framework that attempts to segregate comorbidities from other aspects of the patient's condition, development of a comorbidity algorithm, and testing on het...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Research based on administrative data has advantages, including large numbers, consistent data, and low cost. This study was designed to compare different methods of stroke classification using administrative data. METHODS Administrative hospital discharge data and medical record review of 206 patients were used to evaluate 3 algorithms for classifying stroke patients. ...

Using integrated administrative data from criminal justice and social service systems can harness information in meaningful ways that transcend traditional “silos” and allow communities to focus collective attention on important social issues that cross systemic boundaries. Despite recent advances in use of integrated administrative data, practical information to promote adoption by new users i...

Description of the document and setup of the analysis 2 Generating mock data for analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Natural Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Field Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mock data for the variabl...