Identification of complications requiring interventions after gastrointestinal cancer surgery from real-world data: An external validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently, real-world data have been recognized to have a significant role for research and quality improvement worldwide. The decision on the existence or nonexistence of postoperative complications is complex in clinical practice. This multicenter validation study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of identification of patients who underwent gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgery and extraction of postoperative complications from Japanese administrative claims data.

Methods

We compared data extracted from both the Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) and chart review of patients who underwent GI cancer surgery from April 2016 to March 2019. Using data of 658 patients at Kyoto University Hospital, we developed algorithms for the extraction of patients and postoperative

SUBMITTER: Kinoshita H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10623961 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature