Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS)
The CCDSS is a collaborative network of provincial and territorial surveillance systems collecting data on all residents across Canada who are eligible for provincial or territorial health insurance. Provincial and territorial health insurance registry records are linked using a unique personal identifier to the corresponding physician billing claims, hospital discharge abstract records, and prescription drug records.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
No information available
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Public Health Agency of Canada (Agence de la santé publique du Canada)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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