Alberta Inpatient Separation Rates by Local Geographic Area 2009-2012

Inpatient separation rates per 1,000 population for Alberta residents accessing health facilities across the province. The dataset covers 132 Local Geographic Areas and Alberta-level aggregates from the 2009/2010 to 2011/2012 fiscal years. It was published by Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services in February 2013 as part of the Primary Health Care Community Profiles report.

Use Cases

• Compare inpatient separation rates between specific Local Geographic Areas (e.g., Lacombe vs. Calgary West Bow) to identify disparities in hospital service use.
• Analyze temporal trends in Alberta's overall inpatient separation rate across the three-year period from 2009/2010 to 2011/2012.
• Benchmark individual Local Geographic Area separation rates against the provincial Alberta-level rate to assess relative performance.

Strengths

• Data is aggregated for 132 distinct Local Geographic Areas, enabling fine-grained geographic analysis.
• Covers three consecutive fiscal years (2009/2010 to 2011/2012), allowing for trend examination.

Limitations

• Data is over a decade old (published 2013), limiting relevance to current healthcare system analysis.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown, obscuring dataset scale and granularity.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services

Collection Method

Derived from hospital abstracts for inpatient care collected at patient discharge.

Time Range

2009/2010 to 2011/2012 fiscal years

Freshness

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Geography

Alberta, Canada, with breakdowns for 132 Local Geographic Areas within the province.