Selective data entry

Terminology

Reports Aristotle Score Central database Fundamental diagnosis Outcome assigned to Primary procedure Small procedures

Report parameters

Thirty days mortality Hospital mortality Length of stay Basic Score

Data

Validation Validation rules Entry ratio Flow Verification Source data verification Selective entry Backup

Selective Data Entry may be one of the flaws of the collected data.

As one of the goals of the database is the comparison of centers and surgeons, every center wants to gain the best results in the reports. This can be partially achieved by entering the data selectively, i.e. entering only the successful cases.

Though there is no way to prevent this (not recommended!) practice, hospitals have to at least admit that they didn't enter all of the cases. Hence the need for entering the declared number of operations in each year.

See also

• Database reports