Four major national data systems collect data on short-stay hospital use by persons age 65 years and over. This paper examines the extent of agreement on the major statistics reported from the four systems and explains, as far as possible, the reasons for discrepancies among the data. The paper also offers some suggestions to the user of hospital care data. The study shows that for national tre...

Background: For all the reports on the association between seasons and coronary artery disease, there is a paucity of information on the possible effects of seasonal variations on the outcome of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). The aim of this study was to assess the short-term outcome of post-CABG patients in the four different seasons to find any correlation betw...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate cost of acute stroke care and its determinants at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi and to find out predictors of high cost care. Acute stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Cost of care is the single most important determinant in availability of acute stroke care at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. It is also an important factor in development of pu...

BACKGROUND To investigate the average and extrapolated excess length of stay and direct costs of adverse events (AEs) and preventable AEs in Dutch hospitals, and to evaluate patient characteristics associated with excess length of stay and costs. METHODS Data of a large retrospective patient record review study on AEs was used. A stratified sample of 20 Dutch hospitals was included. Excess le...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to understand factors present at baseline that affect outcome and healthcare utilization post-stroke. We investigated the association between the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score and functional outcome (length of stay) after hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Data from the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Surve...

The mental health and substance abuse components of AN-DRG 3 were examined using data from all inpatient separations in two Australian States over a two-year period. Assignment to a mental health or a substance abuse diagnosis related group (DRG) predicted about 20 per cent of the variability in average length of stay of patients treated for such conditions. Assignment to a substance abuse DRG ...