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Showing 1 to 20 of 189 for “"administrative data"”.
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Using administrative data to gain insights into microdrivers of productivity
… our ability to process, store and analyse large administrative datasets. The idea of making better use of administrative data for social and economic research is not new. While researchers recognise that there is rich information contained in administrative data, they also acknowledge the need to …
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Using administrative data to gain insights into microdrivers of productivity
… our ability to process, store and analyse large administrative datasets. The idea of making better use of administrative data for social and economic research is not new. While researchers recognise that there is rich information contained in administrative data, they also acknowledge the need to …
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The usefulness of administrative data in the research of migrant health
… increasing availability of accessible national datasets, very few register-based studies have been conducted in the UK, especially when compared to other regions in Europe (most notably the Nordic countries), and worldwide. This thesis aimed to evaluate the usefulness of administrative data in …
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A study of administrative data processing at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Administrative uses of the School's computer system have been developed as needed over a period of years. Frequent overloading of the computer facilities is occurring more and more frequently, and a sizeable increase in the number of students is expected. Therefore, a more efficient system is …
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Investigating kidney disease clinical epidemiology using routinely collected administrative data and proteomics
Data collected routinely during healthcare visits and additional biospecimens collected as part of cohort study activities are invaluable to better understand kidney disease epidemiology. This thesis explores the detection and characterization of acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic kidney disease …
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Essays on Welfare Reform and Child Support Enforcement: Evidence From State Administrative Data
… on low-income families under the 1996 reform. Administrative data from the state of Illinois used for this research provide a unique and rich set of information on 50,129 children from welfare recipient households who have support cases. This dissertation consists of three essays. The first …
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An assessment of the feasibility of using administrative data in producing mid-year population estimates for South Africa
… estimates and assesses the feasibility of using administrative data to produce mid-year estimates for South Africa. The base population is adapted from the 2001 census population. Birth and death registration data are used in a cohort component approach to produce alternative mid-year estimates …
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Understanding the Behavioral Health of Children in Child Protective Services: Prevalence, Community Context, and System Involvement Using Administrative Data
… of behavioral health problems using national administrative datasets (NCANDS and AFCARS), providing insight into trends over time and disparities by age, race/ethnicity, sex, geographic context (urban vs. rural), and system involvement (CPS investigation vs. foster care). Paper 2 leverages …
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A study of the use of linked routinely collected administrative data at the local level to count and profile populations
… at the local authority level, the fundamental administrative unit of the UK. The main source of official population statistics in the UK comes from the decennial census, last undertaken in 2011. The methodology and results of official population counts have been criticised and described as …
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Enhancing Primary Care Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data in Alberta by Quality Assessment, Data Processing, and Linkage to Administrative Data
… settings has created opportunities for EMR data to be reused for secondary purposes. Since EMR data are generated from clinical and administrative processes, the suitability for other uses (e.g. surveillance or research) is questionable. Assessing data quality is important for understanding …
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The Burden of Biopsy-Proven Pediatric Celiac Disease in Ontario, Canada: Derivation of Health Administrative Data Algorithms and Determination of Health Services Utilization
… aged 6 months-14 years old from Ontario health administrative data. Method: CD cases diagnosed in 2005-2011 were identified from CHEO, and linked to the health administrative data to serve as reference for algorithms derivation. Algorithms based on outpatient physician visits for CD plus …
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Risk adjusted mortality rates : Do they differ if bases on administrative data (hospital standardised mortality ratio) versus a physiological predictive model (APACHE IV ®)?
… the validity thereof. Objective: To compare an administrative predictive model (Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio [HSMR]) with a physiological predictive model (APACHE ®IV) to determine the correlation in the predicted risk adjusted mortality rates. To determine whether stratifying the …
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Hospital Infection Control Practice: Preventing, Identifying, and Measuring Healthcare-Associated Infections in an Ever-Changing Environment
… reporting relies on infection surveillance data conducted in accordance with National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) protocols, while CMS definitions rely on administrative data. To better understand the relationship between infection control surveillance and hospital administrative data, …
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MEDICAID ENROLLMENT PATTERNS AND SERVICE UTILIZATION OF EPILEPSY PATIENTS IN OHIO
… cohort of adults constructed from Ohio Medicaid administrative data base, we determined the optimal disease free period for identifying incident epilepsy cases, the magnitude and predictors of recurrent insurance gaps, and the causal effect of antiepileptic drug (AED) refill compliance on …
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THE THEORY, METHODS, AND VALUE OF INTEGRATING DATA TO ADVANCE SOCIAL POLICIES AND HUMAN SERVICES
… often interface with numerous systems, the administrative data depicting their system interactions are often held in institutional silos, thus limiting the ability of analyses to generate nuanced insights about the whole person. However, when shared and integrated across agencies, …
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Predictive Risk Modelling of Hospital Emergency Readmission, and Temporal Comorbidity Index Modelling Using Machine Learning Methods
… and comorbidity risk problems, using healthcare administrative data. The aim is to introduce generic and robust solution approaches that can be applied to different healthcare settings. Existing solution methods and techniques of predictive risk modelling of hospital emergency readmission and …
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Foster Care Placement Decisions: Is Race a Factor
… in foster care in Illinois. Computerized administrative data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis and Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis. Data revealed that the number of investigator home visits, the number of other investigator contacts, the number of previous …
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Land Use on the Urban Fringe
… In this project, we analyze property-level administrative data to evaluate whether land conservation policies and neighbor land use patterns affect the probability of land parcel development. We find some evidence of the contagion effect and that the county's acknowledgment of Priority …
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