Use of linked data to assess the impact of out-of-hospital deaths on 30-day mortality indicators

Introduction Publicly reported 30-day mortality indicators in Canada usually only take into account in-hospital deaths recorded in clinical administrative databases. Studies show that the percentage out-of-hospital deaths may account for 24% to 53% of all 30-day mortality, depending on the indicato...

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Main Authors: Mingyang (Xiaoqiang) Li, Jing Gu, Ling Yin, Mahbubul Hu, Yana Gurevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/834