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== Data Use ==
== Data Use ==
The most common use for postal codes is for researchers to link to Stats Canada for economic status and to for us to get a distribution of patients by MB RHAs outside of Winnipeg.  It’s also a cross-check on [[Province]] for out-of-province patients. - Randy Martens - Sept 11.15.
Postal Codes are used group patients geographically for purposes such as: 
Data is used for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area.
 
* distribution of patients by MB RHAs outside of Winnipeg
* linking to Stats Canada for socioeconomic stratification of population by geographic area
* cross-checking our data's [[Province field]] for out-of-province patients


== {{CCMDB Data Integrity Checks}} ==
== {{CCMDB Data Integrity Checks}} ==