Developing an information system to identify and describe physicians in clinical practice in British Columbia 1996/97-2004/05

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Developing an information system to identify and describe physicians in clinical practice in British Columbia 1996/97-2004/05 Watson, Diane E. (Diane Elizabeth), 1963-; Peterson, Sandra; Young, Ella; Bogdanovic, Bogdan

Abstract

[T]his report describes innovative methods used to: (a) develop and validate an anonymized registry of physicians deemed to be delivering clinical services; and (b) document the degree to which increases in the use of alternative funding have altered our capacity to count the clinical physician workforce in British Columbia. It also describes protocols designed to ensure the anonymity of physicians, outlines key elements needed in a physician registry to support population-based, provider-based and cohort analyses, assesses variations in physician supply estimates when single versus multiple data sources are used, and offers examples of how a physician registry can be used to support important, policy relevant research. The results presented here rely on data from 1996/97, 2000/01 and 2004/05.

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Title	Developing an information system to identify and describe physicians in clinical practice in British Columbia 1996/97-2004/05
Creator	Watson, Diane E. (Diane Elizabeth), 1963-; Peterson, Sandra; Young, Ella; Bogdanovic, Bogdan
Contributor	University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher	Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued	2006-08
Description	[T]his report describes innovative methods used to: (a) develop and validate an anonymized registry of physicians deemed to be delivering clinical services; and (b) document the degree to which increases in the use of alternative funding have altered our capacity to count the clinical physician workforce in British Columbia. It also describes protocols designed to ensure the anonymity of physicians, outlines key elements needed in a physician registry to support population-based, provider-based and cohort analyses, assesses variations in physician supply estimates when single versus multiple data sources are used, and offers examples of how a physician registry can be used to support important, policy relevant research. The results presented here rely on data from 1996/97, 2000/01 and 2004/05.
Subject	Physicians (General practice) -- British Columbia; Group medical practice -- British Columbia; Primary health care -- British Columbia
Geographic Location	British Columbia
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2014-08-26
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI	10.14288/1.0048415
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50224
Affiliation	Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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