Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database linked to Discharge Abstract Database National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (CVSD_NACRS)

Dataset Information
Name  Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database linked to Discharge Abstract Database National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (CVSD_NACRS)
UUID  5d418f5d-034d-4fab-912e-b1c6274886a3
Site  Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres
Region  Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Saskatchewan
Description  The linked dataset will be used to develop and validate health care indicators and performance measures as well as perform survival and outcome analyses on acute inpatient data while considering such elements as efficiency, continuum of care, outcomes and disparities in health and longevity.
Format  None
Purpose  For the purpose of better informing Canadians on health-care issues. The objective of the linkage project is to increase the analytical and research value of the individual CIHI files by including information about deaths that occur after discharge from hospital.
Scope  DAD includes administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges (including in-hospital deaths, sign-outs and transfers) from all provinces and territories, except Quebec.
Data Level  Individual
Collection Period  01/01/2004-12/31/2016
Last Updated 2023-11-28