title: [The use of large morbidity data bases in the evaluation of health services].
abstract: The major developments of recent years in computer sciences have led to the creation of large morbidity data bases. Although these data sets are not compiled expressly for research, they serve researchers if certain precautions are taken. These concern definition of the study population, unit of analysis, record linkage and both reliability and validity of the data.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine sociale, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pineault
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008331:Management Information Systems; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D009017:Morbidity; D011159:Population Surveillance
vernacular_title: L'exploitation de grandes bases de données sur la morbidité pour l'évaluation des services de santé.