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Final-Sarah Flashcards

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The major source of new knowledge is ____________.

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Research

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Knowledge gained through nursing research is used by nurses to inform our practice and raise our profession’s standards.

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Nursing Research

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When we incorporate research findings into our everyday practice, we are engaging in research informed practice.

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Nursing Research

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Nurses are accountable for hte quality of the client care we provide. Knowledge gained through research helps us meet this requirement.

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Nursing Research

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Reasons why you should read research articles

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  • Part of continuous lifelong learning
  • Gain up to date information
  • May help you solve clinical problems/best possible care
  • Improve client outcomes
  • May reveal cost effective practices
  • Learn about new technologies, ideas, diseases
  • Better understand client perspectives
  • Be aware that scholarly journals often include articles that are not research
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Written by the researcher who conducted the study.

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Primary Source

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Written by someone other than the researcher.

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Secondary Source

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Provides a brief overview of the study

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Abstract Section of a Scholarly Article

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  • Provides background information
  • Brief supporting evidence
  • Information about the purpose of the article

These sections are in the ____________.

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Introduction

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Provides a discussion and summary of the existing literature on the subject that the author reviewed in preparation for the study.

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Literature Review

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Cites the last names of the authors whose studies were reviewed in preparation and near the end, may state the purpose of the study

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Literature Review

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The techniques used to conduct the study.

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Method

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Plan for how the research question was answered or how the research hypothesis was tested.

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Design

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The findings of the research conducted are discussed.

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Results

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Detailed information about statistical analysis is provided.

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Quantitative Studies

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Descriptive themes are thoroughly addressed.

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Qualitative Studies

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  • The research results are discussed.
  • Comparison to other research studies is often made
  • Implications and recommendations for clinical practice may be addressed
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Discussion

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Refers to the aspects of the study that had a potential negative effect on the outcome of the study.

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Limitations

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A way of thinking–world view based on values and beliefs.

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Paradigm

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Reflects the traditional scientific paradigm ( valuing objective data, belief that there is only one truth).

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Quantitative Research

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Reflects a more recent interpretive paradigm. Subjective and objective data are valued, and multiple truths and ways of knowing are accepted.

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Qualitative Research

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Involve analyzing numbers in order to answer the research question.

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Quantitative Designs

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Have variables and hypotheses.

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Quantitative Designs

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_____________ are used to verify and justify data, test theories, identify cause and effect, predict and prescribe.

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Quantitative Designs

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3 common quantitative designs

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  • Experimental
  • Non-experimental
  • Quasi experimental
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Randomized control trial

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Experimental (Quantitative Designs)

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Survey, Correlational

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Non Experimental (Quantitative Designs)

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Pretest-post test control group (no randomization)

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Quasi-experimental (Quantitative Designs)

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  • Randomization of the sample
  • A control group for comparison with the experimental group
  • Manipulation of a variable
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3 Main Characteristics of Experimental and Non Experimental Designs

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_____________ designs are missing one of the 3 main characteristics found in experimental and non-experimental designs. This is usually due to ethical considerations or the need to avoid confusion.

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Quasi Experimental

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All Quantitative Designs have:

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  • Sample size
  • Involve objective observation
  • Deductive reasoning
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  • Analyze words or pictures
  • Are used to discover meaning, generate theories, and increase understanding
  • Sample size is small
  • Sample is purposive
  • Involves subjective and objective observation
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Qualitative Design

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  • Phenomenology
  • Grounded Theory
  • Ethnography
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Common qualitative designs

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Used to describe lived experience

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Phenomenology

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Used to develop theory

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Grounded theory

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used to examine cultures

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Ethnography

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Aims to change society. Problems are identified, solutions are formulated, and action is taken.

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Participatory action Research

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Refers to the quality of the study

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Rigor

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  • Synthesis or integration of research studies that is done in an objective, rigorous way
  • Thorough search for all relevant research
  • Uses detailed methods for combining data from multiple studies
  • Uses specific criteria for excluding evidence
  • Cites the evidence that has been excluded
  • Summarizes the results of multiple studies
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Characteristics of a Systematic Review

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  • Written by a group of research and clinical experts

- Include a synthesis of all the available evidence and states recommendations

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Best Practice Guidelines (BPG’s) Characteristics

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The integration of the most informative research evidence with evidence from expert clinical practice and other sources to produce the best possible care for clients.

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Evidence Informed (Based) Practice

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Ways of being; the nature of reality

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Ontology

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  • Associated with mechanism (biomedical)

- Behavioural, social and biomedical models of human health

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Quantitative Research/Positive Paradigm

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  • Associated with phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism
  • Caper’s fundamental patterns of knowing
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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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Human beings are: machines; the sum of their parts; closed systems

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Quantitative Research/Positivist Paradigm

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Humans are unique individuals bound up int heir social-historicalcultural environment; open systems; free-willed

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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Mind and body are separate entities

-the body can be reduced to parts that can be studied, isolated and treated independently.

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Quantitative Research/Positivist Paradigm

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Human beings are wholes

-body and the mind are inseparable and cannot be separated into isolated parts.

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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There is only one reality

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Quantitative Research/Positivist Paradigm

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Each person is unique, therefore there are multiple realities.

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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There is one truth

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Quantitative Research/Positivist paradigm

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Multiple truths

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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Knowledge comes from objective, quantifiable, concrete data.

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Quantitative Research/Positivist Paradigm

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Knowledge comes from experience and can be both qualitative and quantitative

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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Ways of knowing and seeks to learn what determines and constitutes knowledge about human experience

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Epistemology

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Objectivity is essential

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Quantitative Research/Positivist Paradigm

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Subjectivity is fundamental

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Qualitative Research/Naturalistic Paradigm

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What the positivist and naturalistic paradigms have in common:

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  • Goal of both is to find the truth about a phenomena
  • Both rely on empiricial evidence
  • Both rely on the cooperation of the people they are studying
  • Both study humans
  • Both recognize the fallibility of research
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Used to describe all aspects of computers and information systems.

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Informatics

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Refers to the use of informatics by all health care providers.

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Health informatics

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  • Electronic order entry systems
  • Reporting and recording Systems
  • Client Scheduling
  • Clinical support tools
  • Computerized equipment
  • Library Databases
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Examples of Health Informatics

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Is both a science and a practice
-Integrates nursing data, information and knowledge, and the management of these, with information and communication technologies to promote the health of the client.

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Nursing Informatics

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  • # of pressure ulcers on a floor at one point in time

- # of workload units on a floor at one point in time

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Examples of Data Nursing Informatics

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  • Prevalence of pressure ulcers by floor

- % distribution of workload units by floor

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Examples of Information Nursing Informatics

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  • Effectiveness of a specific nursing intervention in reducing pressure ulcers
  • Relationship between number of workload units and client outcomes
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Examples of Knowledge Nursing Informatics

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  • In clinical Practice
  • In Education
  • In Research
  • Administration
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Applying Nursing Informatics

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CASN Abbreviation stands for….

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Nursing Informatics Competencies and Sample Indicators

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  • Able to use relevant information and knowledge to provide evidence-informed patient care
  • Uses information and computer technologies in accordance with professional and regulatory standards and workplace policies
  • uses information and communication technologies in the delivery of patient/client care
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Nursing Informatics Competencies and Sample Indicators

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  • Perform searches and critically appraise online literature and resources
  • Effectively utilize standardized nursing and other clinical terminologies
  • Assist the client to access, review and evaluate information available online
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Examples of being “able to use relevant information and knowledge to provide evidence informed patient care” CASN

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  • Complies with legal and regulatory requirements, ethical standards and organizational policies and procedures
  • Demonstrates that professional judgment prevails when using technology in the course of patient care
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Examples of using “information and computer technologies in accordance with professional and regulatory standards and workplace policies” CASN

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  • Identifies and demonstrates appropriate use of a variety of information and communication technologies to deliver safe nursing care
  • Describes the benefits of informatics to improve health systems
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Examples of using “information & communication technologies in the delivery of patient care” CASN

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The minimum number of essential nursing data elements required for effective decision making and evaluation.

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Minimum Nursing Data Set (MNDS)

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Health Information: Nursing Components

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(HI:NC) The canadian version of MNDS

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Identifies the most important data about the nursing care provided to a client

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HI:NC

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5 Categories of HI: NC

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  1. Client Status
  2. Nursing interventions
  3. Client outcomes
  4. Nursing resource intensity
  5. Primary nurse identifier
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International Classification for Nursing Practice Abbreviation

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ICNP

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3 Goals of the ICNP

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  1. Improve the visibility of nurses’ work
  2. Standardize nursing data for comparison & Analyze purposes
  3. Promote evidence informed practice
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The ___________ provides a unified international terminology for recording nursing practice and enables electronic communication among the various global nursing information systems

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ICNP

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  • is the foundational classification system for nursing practice in Canada
  • Generates information about nursing diagnoses, nursing actions, and nursing outcomes
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ICNP Classification

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Systematized nomenclature of medicine-clinical terms Abbreviation

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SNOMED CT

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the terminology of choice for the pan Canadian electronic health record project
-outlines clinical terminology used to describe multidisciplinary practice

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SNOMED CT

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Records, analyses and disseminates information about Canada’s health system and Canadians’ health status

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CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information)

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