30-Day Survival Probabilities as a Quality Indicator for Norwegian Hospitals: Data Management and Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services (NOKC) reports 30-day survival as a quality indicator for Norwegian hospitals. The indicators have been published annually since 2011 on the website of the Norwegian Directorate of Health (www.helsenorge.no), as part of the Norwegian Quality Indicator System authorized by the Ministry of Health. Openness regarding calculation of quality indicators is important, as it provides the opportunity to critically review and discuss the method. The purpose of this article is to describe the data collection, data pre-processing, and data analyses, as carried out by NOKC, for the calculation of 30-day risk-adjusted survival probability as a quality indicator.

Methods and findings

Three diagnosis-specific 30-day survival

SUBMITTER: Hassani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4564217 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature