Understanding the biases to sepsis surveillance and quality assurance caused by inaccurate coding in administrative health data

ConclusionDue to the under-coding of sepsis in IAHD, previous epidemiological studies underestimated the burden of sepsis in Germany. There is a large variability between hospitals in accuracy of diagnosing and coding of sepsis. Therefore, IAHD alone is not suited to assess quality of sepsis care.
Source: Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research