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Administrative Data Versus Corrected Administrative Data

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality, 2003
The purpose of this research was to provide insight into the use of existing administrative data and to identify changes that could be made to improve broad-based use of administrative data. Data were collected on patients hospitalized with pneumonia at a 715 bed hospital in North Carolina in 1996-1997.
Jammie, Price, Carlos A, Estrada, Debra, Thompson   +2 more
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Data Warehouse Administration and Management

Information Systems Management, 2000
Data warehouses are huge repositories of legacy data. They are usually configured as stars or snowflakes, and their application strength is their ability to associate pieces of data in unique and m...
Alan C. Benander, Barbara A. Benander, Adam Fadlalla, Gregory James   +3 more
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Accuracy of administrative data in trauma

Surgery, 1999
Accurate data are needed to evaluate outcomes, therapeutics, and quality of care. This study assesses the accuracy of administrative databases in recording information about trauma patients.Patients with thoracic aorta injury were identified with a state trauma registry, and the medical records were reviewed.
J P, Hunt, C C, Baker, S M, Fakhry, R R, Rutledge, D, Ransohoff, A A, Meyer   +5 more
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Administrative Data for Quality Improvement

Pediatrics, 1999
This article discusses the use of administrative data for quality improvement in perinatal and neonatal medicine. We review the nature of administrative data and focus on hospital discharge abstract data as the primary source of hospital- and community-based assessments. Although discharge abstract data lack the richness of primary data, these data are
R M, Schwartz, D E, Gagnon, J H, Muri, Q R, Zhao, R, Kellogg   +4 more
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Linking data for public administrations

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Semantic Systems, 2010
Private and public enterprises suffer from the exponential growth of new data, becoming available both internally within their organizations as externally on the web. Existing databases and applications are not set up to be using these increasingly complex data sources.
Fogarolli, Angela, Bouquet, Paolo
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Registries and Administrative Data

Medical Care, 1993
In this article the organization and accuracy of the population registry and administrative data base in Manitoba, Canada are discussed. The overall data management strategy and a framework for analyzing the accuracy of such data are presented. The generally high quality of the Manitoba registry file (necessary to track individuals over time) and the ...
LESLIE L. ROOS, CAMERON A. MUSTARD, J. PATRICK NICOL, B. COMM, DALE F. MCLERRAN, DAVID J. MALENKA, T. KUE YOUNG, MARSHA M. COHEN   +7 more
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The practice of data base administration

1979 International Workshop on Managing Requirements Knowledge (MARK), 1979
The position or role of data base administrator has been described and discussed since the earliest specifications for data base management systems. 1 , 2 , 4 Most of the literature on DBA is normative—describing in detail what the DBA function should include.
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Controlling the Data Base Administrator

Information Systems Security, 1993
The data base administrator (DBA) function is an essential element of a properly operated data base system. Although the vast majority of DBAs maintain the highest ethical standards, it must be recognized that these individuals are commonly in a particularly powerful position with respect to the organization's information systems, possessing the ...
Gilbert W. Joseph, Terry J. Engle
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