*Note: Correspondence translated from the original French.
Question
I'm searching for the number of doctors in Quebec and Ontario for the years 1993 to 2000. I found in "Aperçu des statistiques sur la santé 1999" data from 1977 to 1992 and 2000 to 2007 on the CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information) site. Does a source exist for 1993 to 2000?
Answer
1) The last of the reports should answer your question. It is in the paper version: Number, distribution and migration of the Canadian doctors - Years chosen, 1961-1995.
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=AR_14_F
2) CIHI published numerous publications for 1993-2000, but they are not always available online. I suggest you consult the pertinent versions of the following titles (and to order printed versions via inter-library loans):
1. Médecins équivalents à temps plein, Canada : http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=AR_17_F
2. Nombre, répartition et migration des médecins canadiens : http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=AR_14_F&cw_topic=14
3. Chapitre 21 du rapport Tendances relatives au personnel de la santé au Canada, de 1995 à 2004 :
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=PG_399_F&cw_topic=399&cw_rel=AR_21_F
Moreover, you always have the option of ordering data from CIHI if the aforementioned publications are not enough. Also keep in mind that the Health Stats Division (here at Statcan) told me that CIHI is the best resource for the statistics that you want.
Hope this helps you.
Showing posts with label Health Services Performance and Utilization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Services Performance and Utilization. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care 2008
Question
A researcher here has inquired about the Canadian Survey of Experiences
with Primary Health Care 2008. The Daily from Thursday February 5, 2009,
states that "The microdata file ... is now available." I checked the
dlilist and found the appended message from 2008, indicating that there
would be no PUMF, but that the master file would be available via the RDCs.
The researcher has already checked with the RDC and was told that it is not
presently available there, which is what I also found from their web pages.
Would it be possible to check again with the author division to confirm if
and when this survey might be made available to researchers? Thanks, Gary
Strike.
Answer
The author division provided me with answers to your questions as well as an update on the status of the PUMF for the Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care 2008:
1. A PUMF will be released and is planned for the fall of 2009.
2. The February 5, 2009 release is announcing that the division itself has microdata from which it can produce custom tabulations. It did not mean that a microdata file was available to researchers.
3. While the master file is not presently available at the RDCs, it can be made available through the RDCs if a researcher submits a proposal. Your researcher should go back to the RDC and enquire about that if they want access to the master file.
A researcher here has inquired about the Canadian Survey of Experiences
with Primary Health Care 2008. The Daily from Thursday February 5, 2009,
states that "The microdata file ... is now available." I checked the
dlilist and found the appended message from 2008, indicating that there
would be no PUMF, but that the master file would be available via the RDCs.
The researcher has already checked with the RDC and was told that it is not
presently available there, which is what I also found from their web pages.
Would it be possible to check again with the author division to confirm if
and when this survey might be made available to researchers? Thanks, Gary
Strike.
Answer
The author division provided me with answers to your questions as well as an update on the status of the PUMF for the Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care 2008:
1. A PUMF will be released and is planned for the fall of 2009.
2. The February 5, 2009 release is announcing that the division itself has microdata from which it can produce custom tabulations. It did not mean that a microdata file was available to researchers.
3. While the master file is not presently available at the RDCs, it can be made available through the RDCs if a researcher submits a proposal. Your researcher should go back to the RDC and enquire about that if they want access to the master file.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Visits to Primary Care Physicians
Question
A student is looking for "MOST FREQUENT REASONS FOR VISITS TO THE OFFICES OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS". He has data from the US, but is looking for data from Canada.
I dug around a bit, and found the Health Services Access Survey (HSAS) (Survey number 5002). CANSIM Table 105-3041 makes use of this survey, but collapses the detail contained in the survey. It appears, as well, that this survey focuses on visits to 'specialists' rather than 'primary care physicians'.
The kinds of 'reasons for visits' the researcher found for the US data include:
(rate per 1000)
general medical examination 83.84
cough 56.16
sore throat 34.80
well baby examination 34.56
follow-up visit 29.69
fever 28.40
earache 21.80
hypertension 21.20
head cold, upper respiratory infection 19.20
skin rash 18.66
nasal congestion 17.78
back pain, ache, discomfort 17.63
blood pressure check 16.63
headache 16.10
I have checked the CCHS, and related surveys, as well as looking at CIHI and CIHR web sites, to no avail. There are a couple of articles in "Health Reports", but these lack the detail of the US data.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Answer
Our Special Surveys Division appears to have conducted a survey called the "Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care (CSE-PHC)" on behalf of the Health Council of Canada
(http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?
Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5138&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2 ).
The content of its questionnaire
(http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/instrument/5138_Q1_V1_E.pdf)
leads me to think that it doesn't have the level of detail your student requires. It is has been released as a master file through the Research Data Centres, but a PUMF will not be released.
A student is looking for "MOST FREQUENT REASONS FOR VISITS TO THE OFFICES OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS". He has data from the US, but is looking for data from Canada.
I dug around a bit, and found the Health Services Access Survey (HSAS) (Survey number 5002). CANSIM Table 105-3041 makes use of this survey, but collapses the detail contained in the survey. It appears, as well, that this survey focuses on visits to 'specialists' rather than 'primary care physicians'.
The kinds of 'reasons for visits' the researcher found for the US data include:
(rate per 1000)
general medical examination 83.84
cough 56.16
sore throat 34.80
well baby examination 34.56
follow-up visit 29.69
fever 28.40
earache 21.80
hypertension 21.20
head cold, upper respiratory infection 19.20
skin rash 18.66
nasal congestion 17.78
back pain, ache, discomfort 17.63
blood pressure check 16.63
headache 16.10
I have checked the CCHS, and related surveys, as well as looking at CIHI and CIHR web sites, to no avail. There are a couple of articles in "Health Reports", but these lack the detail of the US data.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Answer
Our Special Surveys Division appears to have conducted a survey called the "Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care (CSE-PHC)" on behalf of the Health Council of Canada
(http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?
Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5138&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2 ).
The content of its questionnaire
(http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/instrument/5138_Q1_V1_E.pdf)
leads me to think that it doesn't have the level of detail your student requires. It is has been released as a master file through the Research Data Centres, but a PUMF will not be released.
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