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    Using linked hospitalisation data to detect nursing sensitive outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

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    Authors
    Schreuders, L.
    Bremner, A.
    Geelhoed, E.
    Finn, Judith
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Schreuders, Louise Winton and Bremner, Alexandra P. and Geelhoed, Elizabeth and Finn, Judith. 2013. Using linked hospitalisation data to detect nursing sensitive outcomes: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 51 (3) pp. 407-478.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Nursing Studies
    DOI
    10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.06.006
    ISSN
    0020-7489
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    NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Nursing Studies. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Nursing Studies, Volume 51, Issue 3, March 2014, Pages 470–478.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23643
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    Abstract

    Background: Nursing sensitive outcomes are adverse patient health outcomes that have been shown to be associated with nursing care. Researchers have developed specific algorithms to identify nursing sensitive outcomes using administrative data sources, although contention still surrounds the ability to adjust for pre-existing conditions. Existing nursing sensitive outcome detection methods could be improved by using look-back periods that incorporate relevant health information from patient’s previous hospitalisations. Design and setting: Retrospective cohort study at three tertiary metropolitan hospitals in Perth, Western Australia.Objectives: The objective of this research was to explore the effect of using linked hospitalisation data on estimated incidence rates of eleven adverse nursing sensitive outcomes by retrospectively extending the timeframe during which relevant patient disease information may be identified. The research also explored whether patient demographics and/or the characteristics of their hospitalisations were associated with nursing sensitive outcomes.Results: During the 5 year study period there were 356,948 hospitalisation episodes involving 189,240 patients for a total of 2,493,654 inpatient days at the three tertiary metropolitan hospitals. There was a reduction in estimated rates for all nursing sensitive outcomes when a look-back period was applied to identify relevant health information from earlier hospitalisations within the preceding 2 years. Survival analysis demonstrates that the majority of relevant patient disease information is identified within approximately 2 years of the baseline nursing sensitive outcomes hospitalisation. Compared to patients without, patients with nursing sensitive outcomes were significantly more likely to be older (70 versus 58 years), female, have Charleson comorbidities, be direct transfers from another hospital, have a longer inpatient stay and spend time in intensive care units (p 0.001).Conclusions: The results of this research suggest that nursing sensitive outcome rates maybe over-estimated using current detection methods. Linked hospitalisation data enables the use of look-back periods to identify clinically relevant diagnosis codes recorded prior to the hospitalisation in which a nursing sensitive outcome is detected. Using linked hospitalisation data to incorporate look-back periods offers an opportunity to increase the accuracy of nursing sensitive outcome detection when using administrative data sources.

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