How many diagnosis fields are needed to capture safety events in administrative data? Findings and recommendations from the WHO ICD-11 topic advisory group on quality and safety

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-25

  Drösler, Saskia E ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^b   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^c,d   Burnand, Bernard ^e   Colin, Cyrille ^f   Pincus, Harold ^g,h,i   Ghali, William ^j  

^a NIEDERRHEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^g NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Diagnosis related groups; International classification of diseases; Patient safety; Quality indicators; Risk adjustment; World health organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ICD-11; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LACERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893573784     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt090     Document Type: Article

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