Visualisation and optimisation of alcohol-related hospital admissions ICD-10 codes in Welsh e-cohort data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The excessive consumption of alcohol is detrimental to long term health and increases the likelihood of hospital admission. However, definitions of alcohol-related hospital admission vary, giving rise to uncertainty in the effect of alcohol on alcohol-related health care utilization.

Objectives

To compare diagnostic codes on hospital admission and discharge and to determine the ideal combination of codes necessary for an accurate determination of alcohol-related hospital admission.

Methods

Routine population-linked e-cohort data were extracted from the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank containing all alcohol-related hospital admissions (n,= 92,553) from 2006 to 2011 in Wales, United Kingdom. The distributions of the diagnostic codes re

SUBMITTER: Trefan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature