Using hospital discharge data for injury research or surveillance? An observational study illustrating the impact of administrative change.

Gabrielle DavieDave BarsonJean C SimpsonRebbecca LilleyPauline GulliverColin Cryer

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2019)

Spurious trends in hospitalised injury incidence can result when administrative practices are not appropriately accounted for. Exclusion of SSED discharges before the identification of readmissions and the use of a severity threshold are recommended to minimise the reporting bias in NZ hospitalised injury incidence estimates.

Keyphrases

risk factors
healthcare
primary care
electronic health record
emergency department
adverse drug
community acquired pneumonia
artificial intelligence