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Data consistency in the English Hospital Episodes Statistics database
Background To gain maximum insight from large administrative healthcare datasets it is important to understand their data quality. Although a gold standard against which to assess criterion validity rarely exists for such datasets, internal consistency can be evaluated.
Flavien Hardy +10 more
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Hospital episode statistics: time for clinicians to get involved? [PDF]
Hospital episode statistics contain clinical data. They are used for many purposes, including monitoring activity in the NHS and the allocation of funds. More recently they have been applied to monitoring performance, and it is intended that they will inform consultant appraisal and revalidation.
Alex Bottle +4 more
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Hospital Episode Statistics and changing trends in glaucoma surgery [PDF]
A number of authors have documented the decrease in the rate of glaucoma drainage surgery, felt to be owing to increased medical therapy options. There has also been an increase in cataract extraction. The aim of this study was, using the NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), to attempt to confirm these trends and to examine the possibility that these
S G, Fraser, R P L, Wormald
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Validation of the Hospital Episode Statistics Outpatient Dataset in England [PDF]
The Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset is a source of administrative 'big data' with potential for costing purposes in economic evaluations alongside clinical trials. This study assesses the validity of coverage in the HES outpatient dataset.Men who died of, or with, prostate cancer were selected from a prostate-cancer screening trial (CAP ...
Thorn, Joanna C. +9 more
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The surgical arrest of post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: hospital episode statistics [PDF]
In the consent of patients for tonsillectomy, the risk of returning to theatre for control of postoperative bleeding may be determined from data provided on Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provided by the Department of Health website.HES data for England from 1998-2002 were used.
M P A, Clark, A, Waddell
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Objectives It is important to evaluate the quality of linkages between cohort and administrative data to discern the likely reliability of research using the linked data resource.
Richard Silverwood +5 more
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Revision rates after primary hip and knee replacement in England between 2003 and 2006 [PDF]
<b>Background</b>: Hip and knee replacement are some of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world. Resurfacing of the hip and unicondylar knee replacement are increasingly being used.
Alex J MacGregor +30 more
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Background A 44 % increase was observed in admissions to neonatal intensive care of babies born ≤26 weeks completed gestational age in England between 1995 and 2006.
Andrei S. Morgan +3 more
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Trends in immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction in the United Kingdom [PDF]
The study aimed to evaluate local and national trends in immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) using the national English administrative records, Hospital Episode Statistics.
Athanasiou, Thanos +9 more
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Surgical research and activity analysis using Hospital Episode Statistics
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES; http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk/) provide a national database for England that aims to capture all clinical activity in the National Health Service (NHS). The data are a valuable resource for surgical research and can be used for activity analysis, allowing comparisons of throughput and outcomes. HES are collated yearly by
Slavin, JP, Deakin, M, Wilson, R
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