Health Authority (HA) boundaries; 2022 boundary configuration. The HAs are a mutually exclusive and exhaustive classification of the land area in BC. HAs are contiguous (land area is geographically adjacent) and fit within an existing geographical hierarchy, e.g., cannot violate lower-level geography boundaries such as the Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDA) and Local Health Area (LHA).

Local Health Area (LHA) boundaries; 2022 boundary configuration. The LHAs are a mutually exclusive and exhaustive classification of the land area in BC. LHAs are contiguous (land area is geographically adjacent) and fit within an existing geographical hierarchy structure, e.g., cannot violate higher-level geography boundaries such as the Health Service Delivery Areas (HSDA) and Health Authorities (HA).

Health Regions 2005 describes in detail the health region limits as of June 2005 and their correspondence with the 1996 and 2001 Census geography. Health regions are defined by the provinces and represent administrative areas or regions of interest to health authorities. This product contains correspondence files (linking health regions to 2001 Census geographic codes) and digital boundary files. User documentation provides an overview of health regions, sources, methods, limitations and product description (file format and layout).In addition to the geographic files, this product also includes 2001 Census data (basic profile) for health regions. A result of the co-operation of provincial health ministries, Alberta Treasury and BC Stats, Health Regions 2005 is part of the Health Information Roadmap initiative, a joint effort among the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada and Statistics Canada. Health Regions 2005 was produced by the Health Statistics Division in collaboration with the Geography and Dissemination divisionsHealth regions are definedby provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional healthboards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities. This product replaces Health Regions 2000. For current Health Regions data, refer to Statistics Canada.

The B.C. COVID-19 Dashboard has been retired and will no longer be updated.Purpose: These data can be used for visual or reference purposes.British Columbia COVID-19 B.C. & Canadian Testing Rates are obtained from the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Daily Epidemiologic Update site: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html.These data were made specifically for the British Columbia COVID-19 Dashboard.

Terms of use, disclaimer and limitation of liabilityAlthough every effort has been made to provide accurate information, the Province of British Columbia, including the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, the Provincial Health Services Authority and the British Columbia Ministry of Health makes no representation or warranties regarding the accuracy of the information in the dashboard and the associated data, nor will it accept responsibility for errors or omissions. Data may not reflect the current situation, and therefore should only be used for reference purposes. Access to and/or content of these data and associated data may be suspended, discontinued, or altered, in part or in whole, at any time, for any reason, with or without prior notice, at the discretion of the Province of British Columbia.Anyone using this information does so at his or her own risk, and by using such information agrees to indemnify the Province of British Columbia, including the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, the Provincial Health Services Authority and the British Columbia Ministry of Health and its content providers from any and all liability, loss, injury, damages, costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) arising from such person’s use of the information on this website.Dashboard Updates - GeneralData are updated up to the previous Saturday. Weekly metrics reflect the latest full week, Sunday to Saturday. The “Currently Hospitalized” and “Currently in Critical Care” reflect daily volumes on the Thursday.Data Notes - GeneralThe following data notes define the indicators presented on the public dashboard and describe the data sources involved. Data changes as new cases are identified, characteristics of reported cases change or are updated, and data corrections are made. Specific values may therefore fluctuate in response to underlying system changes. As such, case, hospitalization, deaths, testing and vaccination counts and rates may not be directly comparable to previously published reports. For the latest caveats about the data, please refer to the most recent BCCDC Surveillance Report located at: www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/dataData SourcesLaboratory data are supplied by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory; tests performed for other provinces have been excluded. See “Data Over Time” for more information on changes to the case definition.Total COVID-19 cases include lab-confirmed, lab-probable and epi-linked cases. Case definitions can be found at: https://www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/clinical-resources/case-definitions/covid-19-(novel-coronavirus). Currently hospitalized and critical care hospitalizations data are received from Provincial COVID-19 Monitoring Solution, Provincial Health Services Authority. See “Data Over Time” for more information on previous data sources.Vaccine data are received from the B.C. Ministry of Health.Mortality data are received from Vital Statistics, B.C. Ministry of Health. See Data Over Time for more information on precious data sources.Laboratory data is supplied by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory and the Provincial Lab Information Solution (PLIS); tests performed for other provinces have been excluded.Critical care hospitalizations are provided by the health authorities to PHSA on a daily basis. BCCDC/PHSA/B.C. Ministry of Health data sources are available at the links below:Cases Totals (spatial)Case DetailsLaboratory Testing InformationRegional Summary DataData Over TimeThe number of laboratory tests performed and positivity rate over time are reported by the date of test result. See “Laboratory Indicators” section for more details.Laboratory confirmed cases are reported based on the client's first positive lab result.As of April 2, 2022, cases include laboratory-diagnosed cases (confirmed and probable) funded under Medical Services Plan.From January 7, 2021 to April 1, 2022, cases included those reported by the health authorities and those with positive laboratory results reported to the BCCDC. The number of cases over time is reported by the result date of the client's first positive lab result where available; otherwise by the date they are reported to public health. Prior to April 2, 2022, total COVID-19 cases included laboratory-diagnosed cases (confirmed and probable) as well as epi-linked cases. Prior to June 4, 2020, the total number of cases included only laboratory-diagnosed cases.As of January 14, 2022, the data source for "Currently Hospitalized" has changed to better reflect hospital capacity. Comparisons to numbers before this date should not be made.As of April 2, 2022, death is defined as an individual who has died from any cause, within 30 days of a first COVID-19 positive lab result date. Prior to April 22, 2022, death information was collected by Regional Health Authorities and defined as any death related to COVID-19. Comparisons between these time periods are not advised.Epidemiologic Indicators"Currently Hospitalized" is the number of people who test positive for COVID-19 through hospital screening practices, regardless of the reason for admission, as recorded in PCMS on the day the dashboard is refreshed. It is reported by the hospital in which the patient is hospitalized, rather than the patient's health authority of residence.Critical care values (intensive care units, high acuity units, and other critical care surge beds) include individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and are in critical care, as recorded in PCMS.The 7-day moving average is an average daily value over the 7 days up to and including the selected date. The 7-day window moved - or changes - with each new day of data. It is used to smooth new daily case and death counts or rates to mitigate the impact of short-term fluctuations and to more clearly identify the most recent trend over time.The following epidemiological indicators are included in the provincial case data file:Date: date of the client's first positive lab result.HA: health authority assigned to the caseSex: the sex of the clientAge_Group: the age group of the clientClassification_Reported: whether the case has been lab-diagnosed or is epidemiologically linked to another caseThe following epidemiological indicators are included in the regional summary data file:Cases_Reported: the number of cases for the health authority (HA) and health service delivery area (HSDA)Cases_Reported_Smoothed: Seven day moving average for reported casesLaboratory IndicatorsTests represent the number of all COVID-19 tests reported to the BCCDC Public Helath Laboratory since testing began mid-January 2020. Only tests for residents of B.C. are included.COVID-19 positivity rate is calculated for each day as the ratio of 7-day rolling average of number of positive specimens to 7-day rolling average of the total number of specimens tested (positive, negative, indeterminate and invalid). A 7-day rolling average applied to all testing data corrects for uneven data release patterns while accurately representing the provincial positivity trends. It avoids misleading daily peaks and valleys due to varying capacities and reporting cadences.Turn-around time is calculated as the daily average time (in hours) between specimen collection and report of a test result. Turn-around time includes the time to ship specimens to the lab; patients who live farther away are expected to have slightly longer average turn around times.The rate of COVID-19 testing per million population is defined as the cumulative number of people tested for COVID-19/B.C. population x 1,000,000. B.C. Please note: the same person may be tested multiple times, thus it is not possible to derive this rate directly from the number of cumulative tests reported on the B.C. COVID-19 Dashboard.Testing context: COVID-19 diagnostic testing and laboratory test guidelines have changed in British Columbia over time. B.C.'s testing strategy has been characterized by four phases: 1) Exposure-based testing (start of pandemic), 2) Targeted testing (March 16, 2020), 3) Expanded testing (April 9, 2020), 4) Symptom-based testing (April 21, 2020), and 5) Symptom-based testing for targeted populations (a-are at risk of more severe disease and/or b-live or work in high-risk settings such as healthcare workers) and Rapid Antigen Tests deployment (January 18, 2022). Due to changes in testing strategies in BC in 2022, focusing on targeted higher risk populations, current case counts are an underestimate of the true number of COVID-19 cases in BC and may not be representative of the situation in the community.
The following laboratory indicators are included in the provincial laboratory data file:New_Tests: the number of new COVID-19 testsTotal_Tests: the total number of COVID-19 testsPositivity: the positivity rate for COVID-19 testsTurn_Around: the turnaround time for COVID-19 testsBC Testing Rate: Total PCR + POC tests per day (excluding POC that were confirmed by PCR within 7 days) / Population using BC Stats PEOPLE2021 population projections for the year 2022 * 100,000.Health Authority AssignmentCases are reported by health authority of residence.As of April 2, 2022, cases are reported based on the address provided at the time of testing; when not available, by location of the provider ordering the lab test.As of April 2, 2022, cases who reported having an address outside of B.C. are not included.Prior to April 2, 2022, when

Community Health Service Area (CHSA) boundaries; 2022 boundary configuration. The CHSAs are a mutually exclusive and exhaustive classification of the land area in BC. CHSAs are contiguous (land area is geographically adjacent) and fit within the existing geographical hierarchy (cannot violate higher-level geography boundaries such as the Local Health Area).

Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA) boundaries; 2022 boundary configuration. The HSDAs are a mutually exclusive and exhaustive classification of the land area in BC. HSDAs are contiguous (land area is geographically adjacent) and fit within a geographical hierarchy structure, e.g., cannot violate higher-level geography boundaries Health Authorities (HA).

Dataset Description: This dataset contains materials from the Smart Discharges for Mom & Baby parent study within the Smart Discharges program of research. Materials include the parent study ethics protocol and associated documents. See the Metadata section below for links to related publications and datasets. Background: In low-income country settings, the first six weeks after birth remain a critical period of vulnerability for both mother and newborn. Despite recommendations for routine post-discharge follow-up, few mothers and newborns receive guideline recommended care during this period. Prediction modelling of post-delivery outcomes has the potential to improve outcomes for both mother and newborn by identifying high-risk dyads, improving risk communication, and facilitating a patient-centered approach to postnatal care. Methods: This is a mixed-methods study to explore and map the current postnatal discharge processes in Uganda.We will conduct an observational cohort study (Phase I) to develop and internally validate our risk score and aim to recruit 7,000 mother and newborn dyads from Jinja Regional Referral Hospital and Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. We will also engage with patients, families, and health workers through patient journey mapping and focus group discussions (Phases II-IV) to identify barriers and facilitators to inform the development of an evidence- and risk-based bundle of interventions to improve postnatal care (PNC) for dyads. The primary outcome is maternal and/or neonatal death or need for re-admission within six weeks of birth. Secondary outcomes include: 1. Post-natal care visits during the 6-week post-discharge period 2. Post-discharge health seeking practices for mothers/newborns during the 6-week post-discharge period 3. Causes of readmission/mortality among those who experience such outcomes, based on verbal autopsies and admission symptom/diagnosis questionnaires. Data Collection Methods: All data will be collected at the point of care using encrypted study tablets. These data will be uploaded to a Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) database hosted at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (Vancouver, Canada). At admission, trained study nurses will systematically collect data on clinical, social and demographic variables. Following discharge, field officers will contact mothers at 6-weeks post-discharge, to determine vital status, post-discharge health-seeking, and readmission details. Verbal autopsies were conducted for participants who had died following discharge. Direct observation and interviews will be conducted on a sub-set of participants to collect process outcomes and barriers and facilitators to the patient's journey. FGDs will be digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim in the language spoken during the recording and analyzed for emerging themes. Ethics Declaration: Ethics approvals have been obtained from the Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) Institutional Review Board (SPH-2021-177), the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST) in Uganda (HS2174ES) and the University of British Columbia in Canada (H21-03709). This study has been registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05730387). Associated datasets: Pending publication NOTE for restricted files: If you are not yet a CoLab member, please complete our membership application survey to gain access to restricted files within 2 business days. Some files may remain restricted to CoLab members. These files are deemed more sensitive by the file owner and are meant to be shared on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the CoLab coordinator on this page under "collaborate with the pediatric sepsis colab."