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

DELSA/ELSA/WD/HTP(2008)1Case is a surgicaldischargePostoperative SepsisAdmission typeis elective?noExcludeyesAge=18 y or>18 y?noExcludeyesLength of stay is< 4 days?yesExcludenoCase isassigned to MDC 14 orthe PDx is listed in tableM3?yesExcludenoPDx is an infection(list C-10/W-10)?yesExcludenoPDx isimmunocompromised state(list C-1 / W-1), or cancer(list C-2/W-2)?yesExcludenoSDx isimmunocompromised state(list C-1 / W-1), or cancer(list C-2/W-2)?yesExcludenoPDx isidentical to the numeratordefinition?yesExcludenoAdd case todenominatorpopulationCount denominatorpopulation and report toOECD secretariatSDx isidentical to the numeratordefinition?yesAdd case tonumeratorpopulationCount numeratorpopulation and report toOECD secretariat41