How do time trends in inhospital mortality compare? A retrospective study of England and Scotland over 17 years using administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the trends in inhospital mortality for England and Scotland over a 17-year period to determine whether and if so to what extent the time trends differ after controlling for differences in the patients treated.

Design

Analysis of retrospective administrative hospital data using descriptive aggregate statistics of trends in inhospital mortality and estimates of a logistic regression model of individual patient-level inhospital mortality accounting for patient characteristics, case-mix, and country-specific and year-specific intercepts.

Setting

Secondary care across all hospitals in England and Scotland from 1997 to 2013.

Population

Over 190 million inpatient admissions, either electively or emergency, in England or Scotland from 1997 to 2013

SUBMITTER: Aragon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855481 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature