Validation study of German inpatient administrative health data for epidemiological surveillance and measurement of quality of care for sepsis: the OPTIMISE study protocol

Introduction Sepsis is a major cause of preventable deaths in hospitals. This study aims to investigate if sepsis incidence and quality of care can be assessed using inpatient administrative health data (IAHD).Methods and analysis Design: Retrospective observational validation study using routine da...

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Main Authors: Matthias Gründling, Daniel Schwarzkopf, Heike Dorow, Andreas Edel, Falk A Gonnert, Jürgen Götz, Markus Heim, Ulrich Jaschinski, Anja Ball, Kathrin Scholtz, Jens Christian Schewe, Verena Steinberg, Susanne Behrend, Corinna Michel, Stefan Münster, Beate Boden, Angelika Göckeler, Sebastian Zinn, Holger Neb, Elke Schmitt, Khanh Le Ngoc, Moritz Herzberg, Ferdinand Cornelius Steinsberger, Sara Marie Denn, Anja Kühn, Sven-Olaf Kuhn, Christian Scheer, Christian Fuchs, Gerhard Schneider, Jan Meschede, Kirill Holbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e035763.full