Abstract
Using the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy as an example, this commentary discusses how even small investments in population health data can create a multitude of research benefits. The authors highlight that through infrastructure development such as acquiring databases, facilitating access to data and developing data management practices, new, innovative research can be achieved at relatively low cost.
Key words: Data linkage, health care research, investments, population, health
Résumé
À travers l’exemple du Centre de la politique des soins de santé du Manitoba, le présent commentaire montre que même de petits investissements dans les données de santé des populations peuvent présenter une multitude d’avantages pour la recherche. Les auteurs soulignent que par le développement d’infrastructures (acquisition de bases de données, facilitation de l’accès aux données et élaboration de pratiques de gestion des données), on peut réaliser de la recherche nouvelle et innovatrice à prix relativement abordable.
Mots clés: couplage de données, recherche sur les soins de santé, investissement, population, santé
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest: None to declare
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