Grant: Operating Grant

We will use a large database of >3 million community-dwelling adults residing in Alberta between 2000 and 2011. We will identify their residence location, link to demographic, clinical, claims and laboratory data, and use specialized techniques to characterize where they live in relation to medical services and physician practices. We will use this unique dataset to determine the risk of breast cancer in each region, examine how likely residents of each region are to receive cancer screening, and determine the quality of cancer care for residents of each location. Results will identify areas where cancer care and access to screening are good quality and where there is room for improvement.