The United Kingdom National Neonatal Research Database: A validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD) is a rich repository of pre-defined clinical data extracted at regular intervals from point-of-care, clinician-entered electronic patient records on all admissions to National Health Service neonatal units in England, Wales, and Scotland. We describe population coverage for England and assess data completeness and accuracy.

Methods

We determined population coverage of the NNRD in 2008-2014 through comparison with data on live births in England from the Office for National Statistics. We determined the completeness of seven data items on the NNRD. We assessed the accuracy of 44 data items (16 patient characteristics, 17 processes, 11 clinical outcomes) for infants enrolled in the multi-centre randomised controlled tria

SUBMITTER: Battersby C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6095506 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature