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Use of Data Types in Health Economics

In the states of Canada the health systems are ways very much differentiated from those

in the other part of the country. That major differentiating factor of the health care arrangements

in Canada could be well drawn to the fact that the national government has undertaken, all the

financial responsibilities of the country health care system (Sloan, & Hsieh, 2017). The

analytical studies done on the country says that, the government does spend much more on the

health care than any other developmental project. This essay does intend to look at the types of

data that are majorly employed in the health economics of the health system of the Canada and

further outline and expound on the use of these types. And finally the essay will further will

assess the limitations as well as the achievements of these particular types.

Firstly, Survey Microdata as one of the types of data used in Canada health economics,

it’s a methodology that is majorly employed when there is need to obtain the information at

individual or persona level of the respondents. This may include; age, the address, level of

education etcetera (Flick, 2017). The other type is vital statistic data; a methodology that involve

use of an already accumulated information on the births, movement of the people, their

relationships etcetera. It’s majorly used when here is need for an estimation of the population in

order to conduct studies or the analysis of the trends in the health (Armstrong, & Armstrong,

2019). Crowd-sourced data is another type that involves use of the large group of people

especially the online population to respond to research questionnaires.

In conclusion, it’s imperative to note that all these types of data have a limitation as well

as strong hold which comes in when they are put to task (Edwards, 2019). One of the major

common limitations of these types is that they are all subject to errors thus could be at some
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point very inaccurate. The information obtained could also be incomplete as well as low quality

data obtained.
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References

Sloan, F. A., & Hsieh, C. R. (2017). Health economics. MIT Press.

Flick, U. (Ed.). (2017). The SAGE handbook of qualitative data collection. Sage.

Armstrong, P., & Armstrong, H. (2019). About Canada: health care. Fernwood Publishing.

Edwards, D. B. (2019). Best practices from best methods? Big data and the limitations of impact

evaluation in the global governance of education. In The educational intelligent

economy: Big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of things in

education. Emerald Publishing Limited.