Readmission data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is more accurate than administrative data on readmissions, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Researchers compared the accuracy of readmission data from ACS NSQIP with data abstracted from the medical record and administrative data. Data was collected at a single academic institution between January and December 2011.
The ACS NSQIP had high agreement with the medical record on all-cause and unplanned readmission events and cause of readmission. In contrast, administrative data had high agreement with the medical record on all-cause readmissions, but could not identify unplanned readmissions and had lower agreement on cause of readmission, according to the study.
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Researchers compared the accuracy of readmission data from ACS NSQIP with data abstracted from the medical record and administrative data. Data was collected at a single academic institution between January and December 2011.
The ACS NSQIP had high agreement with the medical record on all-cause and unplanned readmission events and cause of readmission. In contrast, administrative data had high agreement with the medical record on all-cause readmissions, but could not identify unplanned readmissions and had lower agreement on cause of readmission, according to the study.
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