Sociodemographic Variables in Canadian Organ Donation Organizations: A Health Information Survey.

ABSTRACT: Health systems must collect equity-relevant sociodemographic variables to measure and mitigate health inequities. The specific variables collected by organ donation organizations (ODOs) across Canada, variable definitions, and processes of the collection are not defined. We undertook a national health information survey of all ODOs in Canada. These results will inform the development of a standard national dataset of equity-relevant sociodemographic variables.

Methods

We conducted an electronic, self-administered cross-sectional survey of all ODOs in Canada from November 2021 to January 2022. We targeted key knowledge holders familiar with the data collection processes within each Canadian ODO known to Canadian Blood Services. Categorical item responses are presented as numbers and

SUBMITTER: Leeies M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256411 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature