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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Population Health
  • Data Linkage Methodologies

Background:

  • Record linkage is crucial for enhancing health research data completeness.
  • This study focused on linking the 2006 Canadian Census of Population with hospital discharge data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of linking Canadian Census data to hospital discharge records.
  • To assess linkage rates and coverage across different demographic and geographic groups.

Main Methods:

  • Hierarchical deterministic exact matching using date of birth, postal code, and sex.
  • Utilized the full 2006 Census file (23.4 million records) for linkage and a 20% sample (4.65 million) for validation.
  • Compared linked files across jurisdictions and years to determine linkage and coverage rates.

Main Results:

  • Achieved an 80% linkage rate for Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) records to the 2006 Census.
  • 5-8% of long-form Census respondents linked to hospital records; higher rates observed in older, lower-income, and Aboriginal populations.
  • Linked data represented the majority of hospital events, though coverage varied by geography and age, with lower rates in territories and younger groups.

Conclusions:

  • Hierarchical deterministic exact matching effectively links Census data to multiple years of DAD data.
  • Updated postal codes improved linkage rate stability over time.
  • Lower coverage in territories and among younger individuals suggests potential underrepresentation in linked datasets.