Socio-demographic characteristics associated with hospitalization for sepsis among adults in Canada: a Census-linked cohort study.

Purpose: Sepsis is a considerable health system burden. Population-based epidemiological surveillance of sepsis is limited to basic data available in administrative databases. We sought to determine if routinely collected Census data, linked to hospitalization data, can provide a broad socio-demographic profile of patients admitted to Canadian hospitals with sepsis.

Measuring patient-centred system performance: a scoping review of patient-centred care quality indicators.

Objectives: The shift to the patient-centred care (PCC) model as a healthcare delivery paradigm calls for systematic measurement and evaluation. In an attempt to develop patient-centred quality indicators (PC-QIs), this study aimed to identify quality indicators that can be used to measure PCC.

Methods: Design: scoping review.

Coding reliability and agreement of International Classification of Disease, 10 revision (ICD-10) codes in emergency department data.

Introduction: Administrative health data from emergency departments play important roles in understanding health needs of the public and reasons for health care resource use. International Classification of Disease (ICD) diagnostic codes have been widely used to code reasons of clinical encounters for administrative purposes in emergency departments.

Objective: The purpose of the study is to examine the coding agreement and reliability of ICD diagnosis codes in emergency department records through auditing the routinely collected data.

Identifying Cases of Sleep Disorders through International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Codes in Administrative Data.

Objectives: Prevalence, and associated morbidity and mortality of chronic sleep disorders have been limited to small cohort studies, however, administrative data may be used to provide representation of larger population estimates of disease. With no guidelines to inform the identification of cases of sleep disorders in administrative data, the objective of this study was to develop and validate a set of ICD-codes used to define sleep disorders including narcolepsy, insomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in administrative data.

Methods: A cohort of adult patients, with medical records reviewed by two independent board-certified sleep physicians from a sleep clinic in Calgary, Alberta between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011, was used as the reference standard.

Correction: The effects of patient cost sharing on inpatient utilization, cost, and outcome.

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How to practice person-centred care: A conceptual framework.

Background: Globally, health-care systems and organizations are looking to improve health system performance through the implementation of a person-centred care (PCC) model. While numerous conceptual frameworks for PCC exist, a gap remains in practical guidance on PCC implementation.

Methods: Based on a narrative review of the PCC literature, a generic conceptual framework was developed in collaboration with a patient partner, which synthesizes evidence, recommendations and best practice from existing frameworks and implementation case studies.

The effects of patient cost sharing on inpatient utilization, cost, and outcome.

Background: Health insurance and provider payment reforms all over the world beg a key empirical question: what are the potential impacts of patient cost-sharing on health care utilization, cost and outcomes? The unique health insurance system and rich electronic medical record (EMR) data in China provides us a unique opportunity to study this topic.

Methods: Four years (2010 to 2014) of EMR data from one medical center in China were utilized, including 10,858 adult patients with liver diseases. We measured patient cost-sharing using actual reimbursement ratio (RR) which is allowed us to better capture financial incentive than using type of health insurance.

Comparison of risk adjustment methods in patients with liver disease using electronic medical record data.

Background: Risk adjustment is essential for valid comparison of patients' health outcomes or performances of health care providers. Several risk adjustment methods for liver diseases are commonly used but the optimal approach is unknown. This study aimed to compare the common risk adjustment methods for predicting in-hospital mortality in cirrhosis patients using electronic medical record (EMR) data.

Protocol for a scoping review study to identify and classify patient-centred quality indicators.

Introduction: The concept of patient-centred care (PCC) is changing the way healthcare is understood, accepted and delivered. The Institute of Medicine has defined PCC as 1 of its 6 aims to improve healthcare quality. However, in Canada, there are currently no nationwide standards in place for measuring and evaluating healthcare from a patient-centred approach.

Validation and optimisation of an ICD-10-coded case definition for sepsis using administrative health data.

Objective: Administrative health data are important for health services and outcomes research. We optimised and validated in intensive care unit (ICU) patients an International Classification of Disease (ICD)-coded case definition for sepsis, and compared this with an existing definition. We also assessed the definition's performance in non-ICU (ward) patients.

Assessing the association between occupancy and outcome in critically Ill hospitalized patients with sepsis.

Background: Sepsis has a high prevalence, mortality-rate and cost. Sepsis patients usually enter the hospital through the Emergency Department (ED). Process or structural issues related to care may affect outcome.

Validity of administrative data in recording sepsis: a systematic review.

Introduction: Administrative health data have been used to study sepsis in large population-based studies. The validity of these study findings depends largely on the quality of the administrative data source and the validity of the case definition used. We systematically reviewed the literature to assess the validity of case definitions of sepsis used with administrative data.