Empirical aspects of linking intensive care registry data to hospital discharge data without the use of direct patient identifiers

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-208

  Bohensky, M A ^a   Jolley, D ^a   Sundararajan, V ^a,b   Pilcher, D V ^a,c   Evans, S ^a   Brand, C A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical data registry; Data linkage; Hospital discharge data; Intensive care registry data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND INTENSIVE CARE ADULT PATIENT DATABASE; BIRTH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIRECT IDENTIFIER LINKAGE METHOD; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 79953227057     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900208     Document Type: Article

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