PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C Zhan
AU  - M R Miller
TI  - Administrative data based patient safety research: a critical review
AID  - 10.1136/qhc.12.suppl_2.ii58
DP  - 2003 Dec 01
TA  - Quality and Safety in Health Care
PG  - ii58--ii63
VI  - 12
IP  - suppl 2
4099  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/12/suppl_2/ii58.short
4100  - http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/12/suppl_2/ii58.full
SO  - Qual Saf Health Care2003 Dec 01; 12
AB  - Administrative data are readily available, inexpensive, computer readable, and cover large populations. Despite coding irregularities and limited clinical details, administrative data supplemented by tools such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety indicators (PSIs) could serve as a screen for potential patient safety problems that merit further investigation, offer valuable insights into adverse impacts and risks of medical errors and, to some extent, provide benchmarks for tracking progress in patient safety efforts at local, state, or national levels.