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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2016

Opportunities and Barriers to Rural, Remote and First Nation Health Services Research in Canada: Comparing Access to Administrative Claims Data in Manitoba and British Columbia.

Josée G Lavoie, Sabrina Wong, Alan Katz, Stephanie Sinclair

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Josée G LavoieDirector, MFN - Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Sabrina WongDirector, Centre for Health Services, Policy and Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Alan KatzDirector, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Stephanie SinclairPolicy Analyst/Researcher, Nanaandawewigamig, First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to geographically disaggregated data is essential for the pursuit of meaningful rural, remote and First Nation health services research. This paper explores the opportunities and challenges associated with undertaking administrative claims data research in the context of two different models of administrative data management: the Manitoba and British Columbia models. We argue that two conditions must be in place to support rural, remote and First Nation health services research: (1) pathways to data access that reconcile the need to protect privacy with the imperative to conduct analyses on disaggregated data; and (2) a trust-based relationship with data providers.

Indexed as

British ColumbiaData CollectionFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services, IndigenousHumansIndians, North AmericanMaleManitobaNational Health ProgramsRural Health ServicesRural Population

Identifiers

PMID27585026
PMCPMC5008131

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