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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02816320

Acronym

RNMH

Enrollment

715

Registered

2016-06-28

Start date

2014-07-31

Completion date

2015-12-31

Last updated

2019-04-03

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Conditions

Hospitalization in Acute Care, Obstetrical Condition, Surgical Condition

Keywords

hospital mortality, standardized mortality ratios, patient safety, healthcare quality, hospital performance, administrative data

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHERHospitalization

Patients who were hospitalized in acute care

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
In-hospital mortality	within 90 days of admission (D90)	Death collected in hospital administrative databases at the end of in patient stay

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026