Key facts
Contents & fields
This dataset contains one XLSX file recording inpatient separation counts for the top three non-local acute care hospitals accessed by local residents. Inpatient separation occurs when a patient leaves due to death, discharge, sign-out against medical advice, or transfer. Data are provided at both Local Geographic Area (e.g., Lacombe, Red Deer, Calgary West Bow) and Alberta levels. No field-level description is provided on the source page.
Research uses
Can be used to analyze cross-regional healthcare utilization patterns, hospital service utilization, and accessibility of non-local acute care resources in Alberta.
This card was drafted from the source page; institution, coverage, time span, scale, fields and license are subject to the official page (pending human review).
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Access & license
License: Open Government Licence - Alberta | Free to access
Why this is hard to get on your own
When studying cross-regional healthcare utilization in Alberta, researchers often need non-local hospital access data, but such data are scattered and lack field descriptions.