Data availabilityĭata is available for the following fiscal years: See Data Source for information on Quebec.Īlso includes demographic, administrative and clinical data on all patient separations from day surgery facilities in some provinces and territories. Data coverageĬontains demographic, administrative and clinical data on all separations (with the exception of stillbirths and cadaveric donors) from acute inpatient facilities in all provinces and territories except Quebec. This data is appended to the DAD to create the Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB). Facilities in all provinces and territories except Quebec are required to report.ĭata from Quebec is submitted to CIHI directly by the ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec.

Data sourceĭata is received directly from acute care facilities or from their respective health/regional authority or ministry/department of health.

The Hospital Mental Health Database (HMHDB)įind out more about acute inpatient care, including reports and analyses based on DAD data.

Some provinces and territories also use the DAD to capture day surgery.ĭata extracted from the DAD is used to populate other CIHI databases, including Originally developed in 1963, the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on hospital discharges (including deaths, sign-outs and transfers).

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