1998
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1557(199811/12)7:6<389::aid-pds380>3.0.co;2-s
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Assessing the validity of diagnostic information in administrative health care utilization data: experience in Saskatchewan
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“…In addition, data were collected by different people in different hospitals, which could entail heterogeneous recording practices. Finally, some data have limited sensitivity, mainly those referring to diagnoses of chronic pathologies [ 31 , 32 ], since they may not be correctly described in the discharge reports or coded later.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, data were collected by different people in different hospitals, which could entail heterogeneous recording practices. Finally, some data have limited sensitivity, mainly those referring to diagnoses of chronic pathologies [ 31 , 32 ], since they may not be correctly described in the discharge reports or coded later.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The source of our data is the MBDS, an administrative database that includes data collected from each discharge report in Spain. This kind of database is of good quality for administrative data, but it shows low sensitivity and high speci city for clinical data such as main diagnoses (17,18). Another limitation is the anonymity of the database (patients are not identi ed by clinical history number or name), which prevents any analysis of readmissions; moreover, patients who were transferred from one hospital to another would have duplicate entries.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The source of our data is the MBDS, an administrative database that includes data collected from each discharge report in Spain. This kind of database is of good quality for administrative data, but it shows low sensitivity and high speci city for clinical data such as main diagnoses (17,18). Another limitation is the anonymity of the database (patients are not identi ed by clinical history number or name), which prevents any analysis of readmissions;…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
