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Activity Number:
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321
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Health Policy Statistics
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| Abstract - #300245 |
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Title:
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Operational and Methodological Lessons Learned in Conducting the 2003 Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health
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Author(s):
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Ed Rama and Catherine Simile*+
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Companies:
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National Center for Health Statistics and Statistics Canada
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Address:
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3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD, 20782,
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Keywords:
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operations ; Canada ; United States
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Abstract:
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The Joint Canada U.S. Survey of Health is a collaborative project undertaken by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. One of the key objectives of the project was to produce highly comparable health data between Canada and the U.S. To ensure comparability, all collection activities were performed by Statistics Canada. This included developing the collection system, administering the same questionnaire in both countries using Canadian interviewers, and monitoring collection activities. Despite the adoption of standardized surveying practices that both organizations adhere to, important procedural and methodological differences were uncovered that impacted the comparability of the data. Chief among them were the different approaches each country has toward the treatment of unresolved phone numbers and the implications this had on the final results. This presentation will outline some of the challenges that these procedural and methodological differences posed and discuss the lessons learned that can be used to facilitate future successful collaborations.
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