Action for Health

The dataset includes various health service-related metrics and indicators related to the Nova Scotia Health. The data is collected from multiple sources within the health system, including Hospital Inpatient, Emergency, Surgical Databases, Continuing Care Home Support and Long-term Care Reports and Emergency Health Services (EHS).The data is aggregated and anonymized to ensure privacy and does not contain any personally identifiable health information. This data set is used to build the Action for Health Public Reporting and the goal of this project is to provide accessible healthcare information to the general public, researchers, and analysts in order to improve understanding and foster improvements in the healthcare system in Nova Scotia.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 22:08 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 22:08 (UTC)
contact_person	{"en": "Health and Wellness", "fr": "Health and Wellness"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["health"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2023-10-27 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["hospital", "inpatient", "emergency", "surgical", "ehs", "long-term care", "home support", "continuing care", "afh"], "fr-t-en": ["hôpital", "patient hospitalisé", "urgence", "chirurgical", "ehs", "soins de longue durée", "soutien à domicile", "soins continus", "afh"]}
open_canada_subject	["health_and_safety"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	P3M