Linked hospital administrative databases, using a unique patient identifier, were used to identify eligible hospital episodes with occurrence of HAP.
Our access to high-quality population-based medical databases, linked using a unique personal identifier, may explain the good overall performance of the administrative data in our study.
The BCLHD, which integrates health service records, population health data, and census statistics, makes it possible to link administrative records anonymously at the individual level by using a unique personal health number (PHN).
For administrative purposes, SH maintains several centralized electronic databases that can be linked using a unique health services number.
For administrative purposes, MH maintains several centralized electronic databases that can be linked by using a unique health services number.
All databases were also linked using a unique encrypted number that preserved the exact identification of individuals but allowed for the examination of individuals across the administrative databases.
In this paper, we use a unique Canadian administrative dataset to compare the outcomes of immigrants with and without prior experience in Canada and evaluate whether changes in immigration policies that emphasize prior Canadian experience are likely to improve the selection of immigrants to Canada.
In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance of time-varying family factors for child achievement and time use.
Greater London is a unique administrative unit.
Mr. Henderson's appeal, by contrast, was from an agency determination and was filed in a specialized tribunal "as part of a unique administrative scheme," he wrote.
