De-identifying a public use microdata file from the Canadian national discharge abstract database
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De-identifying a public use microdata file from the Canadian national discharge abstract database
BACKGROUND The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) collects hospital discharge abstract data (DAD) from Canadian provinces and territories. There are many demands for the disclosure of this data for research and analysis to inform policy making. To expedite the disclosure of data for some of these purposes, the construction of a DAD public use microdata file (PUMF) was considered. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-53