The Call for Proposals to access the Provincial Overdose Cohort is currently closed.
Data source: Various
Date range:
Cases start from January 1, 2015 and end on December 31st, 2019
Description
The Provincial Overdose Cohort includes people who have experienced a fatal or non-fatal overdose in BC since January 2015. De-identified data from the following sources is available:
- Medical Service Plan (MSP) billings
- Discharge Abstract Database (DAD)
- PharmaNet
- National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)
- Client Registry (demographic information)
- BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS)
- BC Coroner’s Service (BCCS)
- Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC)
- Chronic Disease Registry
- Mental Health Data Warehouse (MHDW)
- Vital Statistics Deaths
- Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) Data
A reference population is available for analysis as well.
The 2019 Cohort includes overdose cases from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019, with health-related data starting on January 1, 2010 (starting on April 1, 2011 for NACRS).
More information about the Cohort can be found by downloading this PowerPoint presentation or by visiting: http://www.bccdc.ca/provincial-overdose-cohort
- Inclusions
- People who have experienced at least one fatal or non-fatal overdose episode in BC since January 2015.
- Exclusions
- Visit the BC Centre for Disease Control’s website for more information on exclusions.
- Important additional information
- Linkage to other data sets is NOT allowed.
- Data availability
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Please note that this data is only available for request during an open Call for Proposal. Check whether there is an open Call at the top of this page.
