Introduction Routinely collected data sets are increasingly used for research, financial
reimbursement and health service planning. High quality data are necessary for reliable …

OBJECTIVES: Ambulatory or primary care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are those
conditions for which hospital admission could be prevented by interventions in primary care …

Objective: To determine recent trends in rates of hospitalization, mortality, and hospital case
fatality for severe sepsis in the United States. Design: Trend analysis for the period from …

Objective To report trends in event and case fatality rates for acute myocardial infarction and
examine the relative contributions of changes in these rates to changes in total mortality from …

Importance Readmission rates are used as an indicator of the quality of care that patients
receive during a hospital admission and after discharge. Objective To determine the …

Methods: A retrospective review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2004 to 2009 was
performed for gallstone ileus cases treated surgically by enterotomy with stone extraction …

Background—There are limited population-based national data on prognosis in survivors of
acute myocardial infarction (AMI), particularly on long-term survival and the risk of …

No Brasil, o monitoramento da qualidade dos dados dos Sistemas de Informação em Saúde
(SIS) não segue um plano sistemático de avaliações. Este artigo revê as iniciativas de …

Objective: To compare short-term outcomes of open and minimally invasive esophagectomy
(MIE) for cancer. Background Data: Numerous studies have demonstrated the safety and …

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of various claims‐based definitions of diabetes‐related
complications (coronary artery disease [CAD], heart failure, cerebrovascular disease and …