Identifying cardiac surgery operations in hospital episode statistics administrative database, with an OPCS-based classification of procedures, validated against clinical data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Administrative databases with dedicated coding systems in healthcare systems where providers are funded based on services recorded have been shown to be useful for clinical research, although their reliability is still questioned. We devised a custom classification of procedures and algorithms based on OPCS, enabling us to identify open heart surgeries from the English administrative database, Hospital Episode Statistics, with the objective of comparing the incidence of cardiac procedures in administrative and clinical databases.

Design

A comparative study of the incidence of cardiac procedures in administrative and clinical databases.

Setting

Data from all National Health Service Trusts in England, performing cardiac surgery.

Participants

Patients c

SUBMITTER: Bortolussi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6475180 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature