Towards a national clinical minimum data set for general surgery

Measurement and comparison of surgical performance is accepted as necessary and inevitable. Risk‐stratified (case‐mix adjusted) models of clinical outcomes form a metric with which to assess performance, but require accurate data. Collecting such data in the clinical environment is time consuming and difficult. This study aimed to construct effective models, for operative and non‐operative admissions, from routine clinical data residing in hospital computers, so minimizing data collection and quality problems, and facilitating national implementation.

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