De-identifying a public use microdata file from the Canadian national discharge abstract database

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...

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Main Authors: Paton David, Emam Khaled El, Dankar Fida, Koru Gunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/11/53

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