Unexpected discrepancies in hospital administrative databases can impact the accuracy of monitoring thyroid surgery outcomes in France.

<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the validity of hospital administrative databases compared to prospective collection of medical data assessing thyroid surgery complications.<h4>Background</h4>Administrative data are increasingly used to track surgical outcomes.<h4>Method...

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Main Authors: Frederic Mercier, Nathalie Laplace, Elliot J Mitmaker, Cyrille Colin, Jean-Louis Kraimps, Frederic Sebag, Stephanie Bourdy, Antoine Duclos, Jean-Christophe Lifante, CATHY Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208416