Background Globally, health‐care systems and organizations are looking to improve health
system performance through the implementation of a person‐centred care (PCC) model …

Incidence studies of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are important for describing the
disease's burden and for shedding light on the disease's etiology. The purposes of this study …

Context Symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total or partial knee arthroplasty
(TPKA) and after total or partial hip arthroplasty (TPHA) are proposed patient safety …

Objectives: Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and
Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system presents challenges for …

With advances in the effectiveness of treatment and disease management, the contribution
of chronic comorbid diseases (comorbidities) found within the Charlson comorbidity index to …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The ICD-9-CM adaptation of the Charlson comorbidity
score has been a valuable resource for health services researchers. With the transition into …

Background: Comorbidity measures are necessary to describe patient populations and
adjust for confounding. In direct comparisons, studies have found the Elixhauser comorbidity …

Background Survey research in healthcare is an important tool to collect information about
healthcare delivery, service use and overall issues relating to quality of care. Unfortunately …

Objective. The goal of this study was to assess the validity of the International Classification
of Disease, 10th Version (ICD‐10) administrative hospital discharge data and to determine …

Background Missing data present a challenge to many research projects. The problem is
often pronounced in studies utilizing self-report scales, and literature addressing different …