Term: National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2010-11-05

Definition:

CIHI's standardized abstracting system for ambulatory care. It collects client visit data for hospital-based ambulatory care at the point of service in the facility.

For more information on the NACRS data held in the MCHP Data Repository, please see the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) Data glossary term.

Related concepts 

• Overview of the Emergency Department (ED) Data

Related terms 

• Ambulatory Care
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) Data
• Urgent Care - 3M/National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) Data

Links 

• CIHI Web Site - National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) Metadata

References 

• Doupe M, Kozyrskyj A, Soodeen R, Derksen S, Burchill C, Huq S. An Initial Analysis of Emergency Departments and Urgent Care in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)