Identifying cardiac surgery operations in hospital episode statistics administrative database, with an OPCS-based classification of procedures, validated against clinical data

OBJECTIVES: Administrative databases with dedicated coding systems in healthcare systems where providers are funded based on services recorded have been shown to be useful for clinical research, although their reliability is still questioned. We devised a custom classification of procedures and algo...

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Autores principales: Bortolussi, Giacomo, McNulty, David, Waheed, Hina, Mawhinney, Jamie A, Freemantle, Nick, Pagano, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
Materias:
Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6475180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30904838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023316

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6475180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30904838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023316

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