Table 2 Timeline of key events in the history of administrative health data in Canada
From: Administrative health data in Canada: lessons from history
Date | Event |
|---|---|
1847 | Census and Statistic Act of 1847 |
1879 | Year Book and Almanac of Canada statistics transferred to Department of Agriculture |
1884 | Bureau of Labour Statistics established |
1885 | Ontario and Québec hospitals begin collecting hospital data |
1918 | Dominion Bureau of Statistics established |
1921 | Bureau establishes system of vital statistics for 8 provinces |
1926 | Québec, the Yukon and Northwest Territories join the national system of vital statistics program |
1948 | Statistics Act amended to give Bureau authority to collect hospital data |
1949 | Newfoundland joins Canada, and its vital statistics program |
1960 | Bureau establishes Hospital Morbidity Database |
1961 | Royal Commission on Health Services commences |
1963 | Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI) established |
1964 | Royal Commission on Health Services ends |
1970 | HMRI expands to 5 provinces |
1977 | HMRI become not-for-profit, includes standardized classification |
Rooses publish the first paper in Manitoba using administrative health data | |
1983 | HMRI develops Case Mix Groups |
1988 | British Columbia Linked Health Data Project (BCLHDP) begins |
1990 | Canadian Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) established |
1991 | HMRI collects information for 75 % of discharges from Canadian hospitals |
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences established | |
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy established | |
National Task Force on Health Information recommends a coordinating council for health information | |
1994 | Canadian Institute for Health Information established |
HMRI holdings transferred to CIHI | |
1996 | CHSPR permitted access to BCLHDP data |
2002 | Discharge Abstract Database covers 75 % of all inpatient discharges, for all provinces and territories (except QUE) |
2005 | ICD-10-CA and Canadian Classification of Health Interventions implemented by CIHI |
2008 | Population Data BC established |
2009 | CHSPR transfers data holdings to Population Data BC |
2012 | 20th Anniversary of ICES and MCHP |