Challenges in linking administrative data for monitoring bloodstream infection in neonatal units in England and Wales

Introduction Monitoring risk-adjusted trends of neonatal bloodstream infection (BSI) is vital and linkage of neonatal electronic health records to national infection surveillance enables this. We demonstrate why changes in data quality and collection methods over time must be accounted for to minim...

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Main Authors: Caroline Fraser, Ruth Gilbert, Ruth Blackburn, Berit Muller-Pebody, Katie Harron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2018-09-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/930