Identifying palliative care separations in admitted patient data: technical paper

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Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material
  • Title and verso pages
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Executive summary
• Body section
  • 1 Introduction
    • Data source
    • Three options
  • 2 Collection and coding rules
    • The 'Care type' data item
    • Diagnosis data items
      • Coding standard in the sixth edition of ICD-10-AM
      • Coding standard in earlier editions of ICD-10-AM
      • Principal diagnosis versus additional diagnosis
    • Summary
  • 3 Number of palliative care separations
    • Palliative care separations over time
    • Palliative care separations by sector and jurisdiction
    • Summary
  • 4 Profile of the palliative care separations
    • Differences by jurisdiction
    • Where was the care provided?
    • Characteristics of the separations
      • Length of hospitalisation
      • Diagnosis
      • Procedures
      • Separation mode
    • Summary
  • 5 Recommended approach
• End matter
  • Appendixes
    • Appendix A: Data source
      • National Hospital Morbidity Database
        • Standard data exclusions
    • Appendix B: 'Care type' data item
    • Appendix C: Palliative care coding standard
    • Appendix D: Diagnosis code of palliative care
    • Appendix E: Number of palliative care separations
    • Appendix F: Public hospital peer groups
  • Glossary
  • References
  • List of tables