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Secondary Data on Health‐Related Subjects: Major Sources, Uses, and Limitations
Author(s) -
Brown Julia S.,
Semradek Joyce
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1992.tb00095.x
Subject(s) - census , health statistics , medical record , public health , health records , medicine , nursing , psychology , environmental health , health care , political science , population , law , radiology
Although secondary data are generally neglected by nurses, they are useful for nurse researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and policy makers. Major sources of data on health‐related subjects are medical records, administrative records, the census, vital statistics, surveys of the National Center for Health Statistics, social science archives, and nursing archives, each with its specific uses and limitations.