Identifying complications of interventional procedures from UK routine healthcare databases: A systematic search for methods using clinical codes

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Keltie, Kim ^a,b   Cole, Helen ^a   Arber, Mick ^c   Patrick, Hannah ^d   Powell, John ^d   Campbell, Bruce ^d   Sims, Andrew ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Health information systems; Medical errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CODING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL CODING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84988565649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-126     Document Type: Article

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