Determining use of preventive health care in Ontario: comparison of rates of 3 maneuvers in administrative and survey data.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine rates of influenza vaccination, mammography, and Papanicolaou smear by comparing data obtained from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan administrative database with rates as self-reported in the Canadian Community Health Survey. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using data from Statistics Canada's 2000-2001 Canadian Community Health Survey and from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan administrative database for the same …