Roos Leslie L, Soodeen Ruth-Ann, Bond Ruth, Burchill Charles
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Health Serv Res. 2003 Oct;38(5):1339-57. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.00180.
This paper describes a web-based resource (http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/mchp/concept/) that contains a series of tools for working with administrative data. This work in knowledge management represents an effort to document, find, and transfer concepts and techniques, both within the local research group and to a more broadly defined user community. Concepts and associated computer programs are made as "modular" as possible to facilitate easy transfer from one project to another.
STUDY SETTING/DATA SOURCES: Tools to work with a registry, longitudinal administrative data, and special files (survey and clinical) from the Province of Manitoba, Canada in the 1990-2003 period.
Literature review and analyses of web site utilization were used to generate the findings.
The Internet-based Concept Dictionary and SAS macros developed in Manitoba are being used in a growing number of research centers. Nearly 32,000 hits from more than 10,200 hosts in a recent month demonstrate broad interest in the Concept Dictionary.
The tools, taken together, make up a knowledge repository and research production system that aid local work and have great potential internationally. Modular software provides considerable efficiency. The merging of documentation and researcher-to-researcher dissemination keeps costs manageable.
研究背景/数据来源：用于处理1990 - 2003年期间加拿大曼尼托巴省登记处、纵向行政数据以及特殊文件（调查和临床）的工具。
通过文献综述和网站使用情况分析得出研究结果。
曼尼托巴省开发的基于互联网的概念词典和SAS宏在越来越多的研究中心得到应用。最近一个月来自10200多个主机的近32000次点击表明对概念词典有广泛兴趣。
这些工具共同构成了一个知识存储库和研究生产系统，有助于本地工作且在国际上具有巨大潜力。模块化软件提高了效率。文档与研究人员之间的传播相结合使成本可控。
