Child and youth chronic physical health conditions: a comparison of survey data and linked administrative health data in Ontario.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based studies in Canada and the United States estimate chronic physical health conditions affect between 20 to 30% of children aged 0 to 17. Challenges in measuring chronic conditions include the use of inconsistent definitions and algorithms that capture a limited number of conditions. Thus, we developed a chronic health condition (CHC) algorithm using administrative data to determine whether a child has a CHC based on (1) the diagnosis recorded for the visit, (2) the number of visits, and (3) within a specific reference period.

Methods

Data were from the cross-sectional 2014 Ontario Child Health Study, linked with Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) administrative health data. Unweighted prevalence estimates and agreement analyses (Cohen's Kappa, sen

SUBMITTER: Golden G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492918 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature