The results provide important groundwork for understanding the types of data that is collected and where data collection differences occur between hospice palliative centres in Canada.
Limitations of the examination of the BRFSS were due to question differences among surveys used as comparisons, as well as mode of data collection differences.
This difficulty is also due to the period of data collection, differences in costing methods, differences in prices and resources across settings and general differences in the economic environment.
As PT is not intended to remain static [ 2, 4] and Childsmile is an evolving programme, which had not completed national roll-out at the time of data collection, differences between PT and stakeholder accounts were to be expected and were not necessarily a threat to the achievement of intended outcomes.
Differences in reporting rates of nausea between medication labels and in the PLM database may be influenced by various factors, including methodological differences in data collection and differences in indications for medication use.
This variability may reflect differences in data collection or differences in time trends.
To determine the resource category suitable for incomplete data collection, mean differences between quarters were assessed, and assumed inherent recall bias was considered.
In the cited studies from Scotland (2), Australia (3), and Germany (4, 5) definitions of SH, methods of data collection, and differences in healthcare systems considerably skew the comparison.
Because of data collection time differences, a few census groups were smaller than their NDSS counterparts (mostly with region of birth unknown), requiring a negligible increase in the census denominator.
Although Judah et al 30 found sex differences in baseline rates of hand washing, we cannot be certain that the relationship between H1N1 keywords and men and women's hand washing is not due to gaps in data collection causing differences in sampling.
