Administrative data based patient safety research: a critical review
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- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Quality and Safety in Health Care
- Vol. 12 (90002) , 58ii-63
- https://doi.org/10.1136/qhc.12.suppl_2.ii58
Abstract
Administrative data are readily available, inexpensive, computer readable, and cover large populations. Despite coding irregularities and limited clinical details, administrative data supplemented by tools such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety indicators (PSIs) could serve as a screen for potential patient safety problems that merit further investigation, offer valuable insights into adverse impacts and risks of medical errors and, to some extent, provide benchmarks for tracking progress in patient safety efforts at local, state, or national levels.Keywords
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