Incidence and Variation of Discrepancies in Recording Chronic Conditions in Australian Hospital Administrative Data.

ABSTRACT: Diagnostic data routinely collected for hospital admitted patients and used for case-mix adjustment in care provider comparisons and reimbursement are prone to biases. We aim to measure discrepancies, variations and associated factors in recorded chronic morbidities for hospital admitted patients in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Of all admissions between July 2010 and June 2014 in all NSW public and private acute hospitals, admissions with over 24 hours stay and one or more of the chronic conditions of diabetes, smoking, hepatitis, HIV, and hypertension were included. The incidence of a non-recorded chronic condition in an admission occurring after the first admission with a recorded chronic condition (index admission) was considered as a discrepancy. Poisson models were employed to (i

SUBMITTER: Assareh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726608 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature