Comparing routine administrative data with registry data for assessing quality of hospital care in patients with myocardial infarction using deterministic record linkage

Comparing routine administrative data with registry data for assessing quality of hospital care in patients with myocardial infarction using deterministic record linkage

Abstract Background Assessment of quality of care in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) should be based on data that effectively enable determination of quality. With the need to simplify measurement techniques, the question arises whether routine data can be used for this purpose. We therefor...

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Main Authors: Birga Maier, Katrin Wagner, Steffen Behrens, Leonhard Bruch, Reinhard Busse, Dagmar Schmidt, Helmut Schühlen, Roland Thieme, Heinz Theres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Health services research
Routine administrative data
Quality of care
Hospital performance
Myocardial infarction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-016-1840-5

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