Validity of Information Employed to Generate Standardized Mortality Ratios Using Hospital Administrative Databases (RNMH)

Hospices Civils de Lyon715 enrolled

Overview

In a retrospective cross-sectional study, investigators aimed to valid the variables employed to generate standardized mortality ratio from hospital administrative databases. For this purpose, investigators have compared those variables collected in administrative databases with the information available in patient medical record.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

715

Conditions

Surgical Condition Obstetrical Condition Hospitalization in Acute Care

Interventions

HospitalizationOTHER

Patients who were hospitalized in acute care

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All inpatients stays in acute care from high mortality diagnosis related groups (DRGs) registered in administrative databases of participating hospitals from January to December 2010. Exclusion Criteria: * Hospital participation refusal

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

In-hospital mortality

Death collected in hospital administrative databases at the end of in patient stay

Time frame: within 90 days of admission (D90)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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