Facilitating Cross-National Comparisons of Indicators for Patient ...

DELSA/ELSA/WD/HTP(2008)1List of Minimal Case-related Data-fields used for Indicator CalculationData fields - Case Mandatory Possible Variables - Used for QI CalculationInformationpatient IDxpatient age x yearspatient age_neonate x daysadmission weight neonategramslength of stay x daysadmission status x elective - emergency - birthadmission sourcehome - from acute care - from long-term careprincipal dxxsecondary dxdata field should be repeated - number of repetitionsdepends on the country’s definition of the datasetdx type indicatordependant on data field secondary dxproceduredata field may repeat - number of repetitions dependson the country’s definition of the datasetdate of proceduredependant on data field procedure17