Health Workforce Database
Overview
- Acronym
- HWDB
- Website
- HWDB
- Contacts
General Design
- Study design
- Registry
- Start - End Year
- 1988 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Data is collected annually.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
- Supplementary Information
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Longitudinal trends for some health care provider groups are available from 1988, although data availability may vary by province and territory and by year.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
| Possible Access to Data | |
| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Other |
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National-level databases at CIHI derive from information provided by the jurisdications (provinces and territories). However, not all jurisdictions provide data to CIHI for all the national databases. Search the CIHI website (https://www.cihi.ca/en) for the specific database of interest to identify which jurisdictions are included in the national-level database. But also note that jurisdictions that do not send specific data to CIHI may still have local versions; check with those jurisdications for further information. * Alberta https://www.alberta.ca/health-research.aspx#jumplinks-3 * British Columbia https://www.popdata.bc.ca/data_access * Manitoba https://umanitoba.ca/manitoba-centre-for-health-policy/data-repository * New Brunswick https://www.unb.ca/nbirdt/data/access/index.html * Newfoundland https://www.nlchi.nl.ca/index.php/quality-information/information-requests * Northwest Territories https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/health-and-social-services-research-nwt * Nova Scotia https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/community-health/research/hdns/services/data-access-guidelines.html * Nunavut https://www.gov.nu.ca/eia/information/how-place-atipp-request * Ontario https://www.ontariohealth.ca/about-us/governance-accountability/open-data * Quebec N/A * Prince Edward Island https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/open-data * Saskatchewan https://www.ehealthsask.ca/health-data/analytics/Pages/Researcher-Access-to-Data.aspx * Yukon https://yukon.ca/en/access-government-information
- On the study website : https://www.cihi.ca/en/health-workforce
- By contacting the study representative: (CIHI)
Supplementary Information
Timeline
Population
Selection Criteria
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
- Other Criteria
- Active members registered with their applicable regulatory body and eligible to practice are included.
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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The thirty health care provider groups included are; Audiologists, chiropractors, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dentists, dietitians, environmental public health professionals, genetic counsellors, health information management professionals, licensed practical nurses, medical laboratory technologists, medical physicists, medical radiation technologists, midwives, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, opticians, optometrists, paramedics, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physician assistants, physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers and speech–language pathologists.
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Members of an association
- Supplementary Information
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Participants are identified national, provincial, and territorial professional associations, and governments.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- No Limit
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | HWDB - Data capture |
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1988 (January) | Ongoing |
Participating Studies
| Acronym | Name | Study design | Countries |
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
| Acronym | Name |
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Datasets
| Name | Data Collection Events | Variables |
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
Networks
| Acronym | Name | Harmonization Initiatives | Individual Studies |
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