Action for Health

The dataset includes various health service-related metrics and indicators related to the Nova Scotia Health. The data is collected from multiple sources within the health system, including Hospital Inpatient, Emergency, Surgical Databases, Continuing Care Home Support and Long-term Care Reports and Emergency Health Services (EHS).The data is aggregated and anonymized to ensure privacy and does not contain any personally identifiable health information. This data set is used to build the Action for Health Public Reporting and the goal of this project is to provide accessible healthcare information to the general public, researchers, and analysts in order to improve understanding and foster improvements in the healthcare system in Nova Scotia.

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Additional Info

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Author
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Data Level
Agreement Required
Purpose Constraints
Redistribution Allowed
AI Training Allowed
Data Steward
Title (French)
Update Frequency	P3M
Geographic Scope	[]
Criticality Level	[]
Sensitivity Level	unrestricted
Language
Contact Person	{"en": "Health and Wellness", "fr": "Health and Wellness"}
Contact Email
Data Dictionary	["health"]
Open Canada Date Published	2023-10-27 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["health_and_safety"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"en": ["hospital", "inpatient", "emergency", "surgical", "ehs", "long-term care", "home support", "continuing care", "afh"], "fr-t-en": ["hôpital", "patient hospitalisé", "urgence", "chirurgical", "ehs", "soins de longue durée", "soutien à domicile", "soins continus", "afh"]}
Open Canada Collection	federated
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