Health-care systems require reliable information on which to base health-care planning and make decisions, as well as to evaluate their policy impact. Administrative data provide important information about health services use, expenditures, clinical outcomes, and may be used to assess quality of care. With increased digitalization and accessibility of administrative databases, these data are more readily available for health service research purposes, aiding evidence-based decision-making. This chapter discusses the utility of administrative data for population-based studies of health and health care.
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Chowdhury, T. T., & Hemmelgarn, B. (2015). Evidence-based decision-making 6: Utilization of administrative databases for health services research. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1281, 469–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2428-8_28
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