Health workforce: Methodology resources

The Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework defines the health data required to enable connected care and interoperability across Canada and is available for public review.

This document explains the methodology associated with the collection and reporting of health spending data in CIHI’s National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX).

​Learn about payments to physicians, services provided and utilization. Data goes back to 1996–1997.

​This document summarizes the sources, definitions, strengths and limitations of the data available.

​This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available.

​This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available.

Learn about the methods used in data analysis, including comparability and data quality notes for the supply of physicians in Canada.

​This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available for personal support workers in Alberta.

​​This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available

​​This document includes methodology notes for the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians in 10 Countries.