Outcomes of aortic aneurysm surgery in England: a nationwide cohort study using hospital admissions data from 2002 to 2015.
Ahmed AberThaison TongJim ChilcottRavi MaheswaranSteven M ThomasShah NawazJonathan MichaelsPublished in: BMC health services research (2019)
The proposed methods define homogeneous clinical groups and outcomes by combining administrative codes in the data. These methodologically robust methods can help examine outcomes associated with previous and current service provisions and aid future reconfiguration of aortic aneurysm surgery services.