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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2018-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/834 |