Validity of Information Employed to Generate Standardized Mortality Ratios Using Hospital Administrative Databases (RNMH)

Validity of Information Employed to Generate Standardized Mortality Ratios Using Hospital Administrative Databases (RNMH)

In a retrospective cross-sectional study, investigators aimed to valid the variables employed to generate standardized mortality ratio from hospital administrative databases. For this purpose, investigators have compared those variables collected in administrative databases with the information available in patient medical record.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All inpatients stays in acute care from high mortality diagnosis related groups (DRGs) registered in administrative databases of participating hospitals from January to December 2010.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hospital participation refusal