[Medial femoral neck fractures: possible reasons for delayed surgery. Part 2: Results of data from external inpatient quality assurance within the framework of secondary data evaluation].

Problem: In Germany a disproportionate number of patients with a femoral neck fracture still experience a delay in surgery. In 2008 delays of more than 48 h after admission occurred for 15.4 % of patients.

[Are hospital administrative data suitable for external quality assurance? Comparison of quality indicators based on separate statutory data collections (BQS) and hospital administrative data].

Background: German hospitals are obliged legally to provide clinical data for external comparative quality assurance. Data rely on administrative data and just as on additional data collections for this purpose only. They are used to identify defined quality indicators (so-called BQS data).

[Determining the indication for primary total hip and knee replacement. Results of external quality assurance of over 270,000 primary total hip and knee replacements].

Background: The German mandatory quality assurance programme collects data from all primary total hip and knee replacements. The quality of the indication is measured by clinical and radiological criteria. The results were analysed in terms of differences in establishing the indication subject to patient and hospital characteristics.