Developing a standardised approach to the aggregation of inpatient episodes into person-based spells in all specialties and psychiatric specialties
Abstract Background Electronic health record (EHR) data are available for research in all UK nations and cross-nation comparative studies are becoming more common. All UK inpatient EHRs are based around episodes, but episode-based analysis may not sufficiently capture the patient journey. There is n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0953-2 |