| Database* | Resources |
|---|---|
| New Drug Funding Program | Chemotherapy drugs |
| Activity Level Reporting System | Radiotherapy |
| OHIP Claims History Database | Diagnostic tests, physician services, chemotherapy visits before 2002, emergency department visits before 2002 |
| Ontario Drug Benefit Program | Outpatient prescription drugs for patients aged ≥ 65 years, long-term care indicator |
| CIHI Discharge Abstract Database | Inpatient hospital admissions, same-day surgery before 2002 |
| CIHI National Ambulatory Care Reporting System | Chemotherapy visits after 2002, emergency department visits after 2002, same-day surgery after 2002 |
| Continuing Care Reporting System | Stays in complex continuing care facilities |
| Ontario Home Care Administrative System | Home care before April 2005 |
| Home Care Database | Home care after April 2005 |
CIHI = Canadian Institute for Health Information, OHIP = Ontario Health Insurance Plan. *All databases were available through the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, with the exception of the New Drug Funding Program and Activity Level Reporting System obtained from Cancer Care Ontario.