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Hospital Morbidity Database (Health Canada)

Contacts
Ora Kendall
Centre for Surveillance Coordination
Population and Public Health Branch
Health Canada
Tel: (613) 954-2268
Fax: (613) 952-0844
E-mail: Ora_Kendall@hc-sc.gc.ca

Mark Vanderkloot
[Affiliation same as above]
Tel: (613) 952-6706
Fax: (613) 952-0844
E-mail: Mark_Vanderkloot@hc-sc.gc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Health Canada

Purpose of Database
Provides a count of hospital separations through discharge or death, by primary diagnosis.

Content
The database contains 100% of acute care discharges for Canada, compiled from data provided from general and allied special hospitals, including acute care, convalescence and chronic facilities. Data do not include outpatients or patients treated in psychiatric hospitals. Information is now derived from the Discharge Abstract Database, but contains fewer reporting elements. Data types: clinical; demographic. Data elements: primary diagnosis; operation admission date; health outcome; hospital discharge condition; and institution/hospital number. Geolocators: postal code; province.

Year Database Established
1960

Coverage Period
1994 to 1997

Data Updates
Annual

Data Provider
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The source database is CIHI's Discharge Abstract Database. CIHI has initiated work towards merging the Hospital Morbidity and Discharge Abstracts Databases (2001). The original sources of the data are general and allied special hospitals across Canada.

Data Availability
Access is restricted to Health Canada employees through a Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

Reports
Not specified