Validity of routinely collected data in identifying hip fractures at a major tertiary hospital in Australia.

CONCLUSIONS: When it is not practical to use the algorithm for regular monitoring of HFs, using PD by admission to estimate total HFs and PD by episode in combination with a procedure code to estimate HFs with surgery can produce robust estimations. PMID: 28745563 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Health Information Management Journal - Category: Health Management Tags: HIM J Source Type: research