Data consistency in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics database

Background To gain maximum insight from large administrative healthcare datasets it is important to understand their data quality. Although a gold standard against which to assess criterion validity rarely exists for such datasets, internal consistency can be evaluated. We aimed to identify inconsis...

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Main Authors: Adrian Hopper, William K Gray, Jamie Day, Tim W R Briggs, Flavien Hardy, Johannes Heyl, Katie Tucker, Maria J Marchã, Jeremy Yates, Andrew Wheeler, Sue Eve-Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-01
Series:BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Online Access:https://informatics.bmj.com/content/29/1/e100633.full