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"Frequent flier" patients

scientific article published on April 2005

A colorectal perspective on voluntary submission of outcome data to clinical registries

scientific article

A plea for reason

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

A retrospective study of the impact of the doctors’ strike in England on 21 June 2012 ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2013

A review of patient safety measures based on routinely collected hospital data

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Accessing and using hospital activity data

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Acute stroke units and early CT scans are linked to lower in-hospital mortality rates

scientific article published on February 2004

Admission rates and in-hospital mortality for hip fractures in England 1998 to 2009: time trends study

scientific article published on 5 October 2010

Adverse events recorded in English primary care: observational study using the General Practice Research Database ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics: Authors' reply

scientific article published in October 2004

Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data

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Assessment of abdominoperineal resection rate as a surrogate marker of hospital quality in rectal cancer surgery (Br J Surg2013; 100: 1655-1663)

Assessment of administrative data for evaluating the shifting acquisition of Clostridium difficile infection in England

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Association between patient and general practice characteristics and unplanned first-time admissions for cancer: observational study.

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Association between quality of primary care and hospitalization for coronary heart disease in England: national cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 9 October 2007

Association of population and primary healthcare factors with hospital admission rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in England: national cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 12 November 2010

Association of practice size and pay-for-performance incentives with the quality of diabetes management in primary care.

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Blood pressure monitoring and control by cardiovascular disease status in UK primary care: 10 year retrospective cohort study 1998-2007

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

CHI ratings and HSMRs: is there a relation?

scientific article published in July 2004

Cancer diagnosed by emergency admission in England: an observational study using the general practice research database ⬇️

scientific article published on August 14, 2013

Capacity planning. Figures you can count on.

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Care is needed in epidemiological research not to overgeneralise about cancer diagnosis and treatment.

scientific article published on 9 December 2013

Changes in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in individuals with and without diabetes in England between 2004 and 2008

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Changing trends in surgery for acute appendicitis (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 363-368).

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Characteristics of frequent paediatric users of emergency departments in England: an observational study using routine national data

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Classifier calibration using splined empirical probabilities in clinical risk prediction.

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Classifying hospitals as mortality outliers: logistic versus hierarchical logistic models

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Comorbidity scores for administrative data benefited from adaptation to local coding and diagnostic practices ⬇️

scientific article published on July 20, 2011

Comparison of 3 Types of Readmission Rates for Measuring Hospital and Surgeon Performance After Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

article published in 2018

Controlling for provider of treatment in the modelling of respiratory disease risk near cokeworks

scientific article published in October 2004

Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes?

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Current ICD10 codes are insufficient to clearly distinguish acute myocardial infarction type: a descriptive study

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Day of week of procedure and 30 day mortality for elective surgery: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

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Demonstrating safety through in-hospital mortality analysis following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in England (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 64-71)

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Depression in individuals who subsequently develop inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based nested case-control study

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Descriptive study of selected healthcare-associated infections using national Hospital Episode Statistics data 1996-2006 and comparison with mandatory reporting systems

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Discharge destination and length of stay: differences between US and English hospitals for people aged 65 and over

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Diverticular disease hospital admissions are increasing, with poor outcomes in the elderly and emergency admissions

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

Does early return to theatre add value to rates of revision at 3 years in assessing surgeon performance for elective hip and knee arthroplasty? National observational study

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Dying for the weekend: a retrospective cohort study on the association between day of hospital presentation and the quality and safety of stroke care

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Early in-hospital mortality following trainee doctors' first day at work

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Elective colonic surgery for cancer in the elderly: an investigation into postoperative mortality in English NHS hospitals between 1996 and 2007.

scientific article published on 19 April 2010

Ethnic disparities in blood pressure management in patients with hypertension after the introduction of pay for performance

scientific article published on November 2008

Ethnic group differences in cardiovascular risk assessment scores: national cross-sectional study.

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Evaluation of a national surveillance system for mortality alerts: a mixed-methods study

Examining the 'gold standard': a comparative critical analysis of three consecutive decades of monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) outcomes

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Factors associated with hospital emergency readmission and mortality rates in patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national observational study

scholarly article by Alex Bottle et al published July 2018 in Health Services and Delivery Research

Failure to rescue patients after reintervention in gastroesophageal cancer surgery in England

scientific article

Feasibility Study Protocol: The Use of American Heart Association�s Cholesterol CarePlan to be Delivered as a Web Application on a Smartphone to Patients Prescribed Cholesterol Lowering Medication (Preprint)

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Feasibility Study Protocol: The Use of American Heart Association�s Cholesterol CarePlan to be Delivered as a Web Application on a Smartphone to Patients Prescribed Cholesterol Lowering Medication (Preprint)

article published in 2018

Following Shipman: a pilot system for monitoring mortality rates in primary care

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Frailty and comorbidity predict first hospitalisation after heart failure diagnosis in primary care: population-based observational study in England ⬇️

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Frequent attendances at emergency departments in England

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Funnel plots and their emerging application in surgery.

scientific article published on March 2009

Global comparators project: international comparison of hospital outcomes using administrative data

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Hierarchical multilevel analysis of increased caseload volume and postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery

scientific article published in October 2013

Hospital admissions for drug and alcohol use in people aged under 45.

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Hospital episode statistics: time for clinicians to get involved?

scientific article published in September 2002

Hospital standardized mortality ratios: sensitivity analyses on the impact of coding

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Hospital stay amongst patients undergoing major elective colorectal surgery: predicting prolonged stay and readmissions in NHS hospitals

scientific article published on 5 April 2010

How an electronic health record became a real-world research resource: comparison between London's Whole Systems Integrated Care database and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

How often are adverse events reported in English hospital statistics?

scientific article published on August 2004

Identifying patients at high risk of emergency hospital admissions: a logistic regression analysis ⬇️

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Impact of a pay-for-performance incentive scheme on age, sex, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes management in UK primary care.

scientific article published on October 2010

Impact of a pay-for-performance scheme for long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) advice on contraceptive uptake and abortion in British primary care: An interrupted time series study

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Impact of hospital institutional volume on postoperative mortality after major emergency colorectal surgery in English National Health Service Trusts, 2001 to 2005.

scientific article published in April 2010

Impact of the seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV7) programme on childhood hospital admissions for bacterial pneumonia and empyema in England: national time-trends study, 1997-2008.

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Impact of transfer for angioplasty and distance on AMI in-hospital mortality

scientific article published in March 2012

Implementation of the NHS Health Checks programme: baseline assessment of risk factor recording in an urban culturally diverse setting.

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Implementing guidance on hip fracture: Authors' reply

scientific article published in June 2004

Increased health burden associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 24 April 2011

Increasing short-stay unplanned hospital admissions among children in England; time trends analysis '97-'06

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Increasing skin infections and Staphylococcus aureus complications in children, England, 1997-2006.

scientific article published in March 2010

Independent preoperative predictors of outcomes in orthopedic and vascular surgery: the influence of time interval between an acute coronary syndrome or stroke and the operation

scientific article published in May 2012

Inequalities in stroke patients' management in English public hospitals: a survey on 200,000 patients

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Interventions to optimise prescribing in care homes: systematic review

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Introduction of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in England: observational population cohort study

scientific article published on 26 August 2010

Investigating the association of alerts from a national mortality surveillance system with subsequent hospital mortality in England: an interrupted time series analysis

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Is “failure to rescue” derived from administrative data in England a nurse sensitive patient safety indicator for surgical care? Observational study ⬇️

scientific article published on November 26, 2012

Laparoscopic and conventional appendicectomy in children: outcomes in English hospitals between 1996 and 2006.

scientific article published on 13 September 2008

Laparoscopically assisted vs. open elective colonic and rectal resection: a comparison of outcomes in English National Health Service Trusts between 1996 and 2006.

scientific article published on October 2009

Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission

scientific article published on August 2005

Linked Hospital and Primary Care Database Analysis of the Incidence and Impact of Psychiatric Morbidity Following Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery in England

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Logistic versus hierarchical modeling: an analysis of a statewide inpatient sample

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Meeting the ambition of measuring the quality of hospitals' stroke care using routinely collected administrative data: a feasibility study

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Minimal-access colorectal surgery is associated with fewer adhesion-related admissions than open surgery

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

Monitoring changes in hospital standardised mortality ratios

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Monitoring mortality

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Monitoring patient safety in primary care: an exploratory study using in-depth semistructured interviews

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Mortality and morbidity following hip fractures related to hospital thromboprophylaxis policy

scientific article published in January 2012

Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study

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Mortality in high-risk emergency general surgical admissions.

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Mortality rates. Dead confusing.

scientific article published in November 2002

Nation-wide trends in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients with and without diabetes between 2004-05 and 2014-15 in England

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National hospital mortality surveillance system: a descriptive analysis

scientific article published on 08 October 2018

National outcomes and uptake of laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer in England

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Nationwide study on trends in hospital admissions for major cardiovascular events and procedures among people with and without diabetes in England, 2004-2009

scientific article published on 30 December 2011

Nonelective excisional colorectal surgery in English National Health Service Trusts: a study of outcomes from Hospital Episode Statistics Data between 1996 and 2007.

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Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4.

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Open versus minimally invasive esophagectomy: trends of utilization and associated outcomes in England

scientific article published on August 2010

Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality in England after Bristol: descriptive analysis of hospital episode statistics 1991-2002.

scientific article published on October 2004

Pay for perfomance and the quality of diabetes management in individuals with and without co-morbid medical conditions

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Periprosthetic fractures: the next fragility fracture epidemic? A national observational study

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Poor 1-year survival in elderly patients undergoing nonelective colorectal resection.

scientific article published in July 2012

Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Analysis of 566,323 Procedures in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Preoperative Stroke and Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

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Preoperative risk factors in 10 418 patients with prior myocardial infarction and 5241 patients with prior unstable angina undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for myocardial infarction in England

scientific article published on September 2004

Protocol for developing a core outcome set for evaluating school-based physical activity interventions in primary schools

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Provider profiling models for acute coronary syndrome mortality using administrative data

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Provision of radical pelvic urological surgery in England, and compliance with improving outcomes guidance.

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Proximity to coke works and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular disease in England and Wales

scientific article published on March 2001

Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in England

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Quality of routine hospital birth records and the feasibility of their use for creating birth cohorts

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Real-world presentation with heart failure in primary care: do patients selected to follow diagnostic and management guidelines have better outcomes?

scientific article published on 10 November 2018

Reduced risk of medical morbidity and mortality in patients selected for laparoscopic colorectal resection in England: a population-based study

scientific article published on 21 November 2011

Regional variation in hospitalisation and mortality in heart failure: comparison of England and Lombardy using multistate modelling

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Reorganisation of stroke care and impact on mortality in patients admitted during weekends: a national descriptive study based on administrative data

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Retrospective analysis of the national impact of industrial action by English junior doctors in 2016.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Risk factors for hospital admission with RSV bronchiolitis in England: a population-based birth cohort study

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Risk of Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism and Associated Mortality in General Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Linked Hospital and Primary Care Data in England

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Selection for laparoscopic resection confers a survival benefit in colorectal cancer surgery in England.

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Short-term outcomes following open versus minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer in England: a population-based national study

scientific article published on February 2012

Significantly increasing hospital admissions for acute throat infections among children in England: is this related to tonsillectomy rates?

scientific article published on 18 October 2012

Single measures of performance do not reflect overall institutional quality in colorectal cancer surgery

article by Alex M Almoudaris et al published 16 February 2012 in Gut

Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS

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Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS: Authors' reply.

scientific article published in July 2004

Some way to go for consistent implementation of guidance on hip fracture

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Sore throat consultations in general practice prior to tonsillectomy among eight hundred and sixty-three children in England: is this in accordance with the SIGN guidelines?

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Staff perceptions of quality of care: an observational study of the NHS Staff Survey in hospitals in England

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Strengths and weaknesses of hospital standardised mortality ratios

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Surgical mortality: Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database

scientific article published on October 2007

Systematic review of comorbidity indices for administrative data

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Systematic review of discharge coding accuracy

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Ten-year trends in hospital admissions for adverse drug reactions in England 1999-2009.

scientific article published in June 2010

The comparison of cardiovascular risk scores using two methods of substituting missing risk factor data in patient medical records.

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The effect of new oral anticoagulants and extended thromboprophylaxis policy on hip and knee arthroplasty outcomes: observational study

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The hospital standardised mortality ratio: a powerful tool for Dutch hospitals to assess their quality of care?

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The impact of national guidelines for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism on the complications of arthroplasty of the lower limb

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The impact of smoking and smoking cessation on disease outcomes in ulcerative colitis: a nationwide population-based study

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

The performance of automated case-mix adjustment regression model building methods in a health outcome prediction setting

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The relationship between ethnicity, social deprivation and late presentation of colorectal cancer.

scientific article published on 3 February 2017

The role of caseload in determining outcome following laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection: an observational study.

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

The volume-mortality relation for radical cystectomy in England: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

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The volume-outcome relationship for radical cystectomy in England: an analysis of outcomes other than mortality

scientific article published on 11 February 2011

Towards a scientific workflow methodology for primary care database studies.

scientific article published on 04 May 2010

Traditional and laparoscopic appendectomy in adults: outcomes in English NHS hospitals between 1996 and 2006.

scientific article published on November 2008

Trends in Immediate Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction in the United Kingdom

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Trends in admissions and deaths in English NHS hospitals

scientific article published on April 2004

Trends in cardiovascular admissions and procedures for people with and without diabetes in England, 1996–2005

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Trends in day surgery rates

scientific article published on October 2005

Trends in hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism in England: 1996/7 to 2005/6.

scientific article published in August 2008

Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996–2005

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Trial of Therapeutic Assessment in London: randomised controlled trial of Therapeutic Assessment versus standard psychosocial assessment in adolescents presenting with self-harm

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Uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme in a deprived, culturally diverse setting: cross-sectional study.

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Use of administrative data or clinical databases as predictors of risk of death in hospital: comparison of models

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Use of hospital services by age and comorbidity after an index heart failure admission in England: an observational study

scientific article published on 09 June 2016

Using routine data to monitor inequalities in an acute trust: a retrospective study

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Value of failure to rescue as a marker of the standard of care following reoperation for complications after colorectal resection

article by A. M. Almoudaris et al published 25 August 2011 in British Journal of Surgery

Variation in operation rates by primary care trust

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Variation in reoperation after colorectal surgery in England as an indicator of surgical performance: retrospective analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics

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Variations in vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy by region and trust in England

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Volume analysis of outcome following restorative proctocolectomy

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Weekend admissions and increased risk for mortality: less urgent treatments only?-Reply

scientific article published in January 2013

Weekend mortality for emergency admissions. A large, multicentre study

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What is the role of risk-adjusted funnel plots in the analysis of radical cystectomy volume-outcome relationships?

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Who requires emergency surgery for colorectal cancer and can national screening programmes reduce this need?

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

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