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Large scale collection and analysis of data on patients' experiences and outcomes have become staples of successful health systems worldwide. The systems go by various names-including registries, quality registries, clinical databases, clinical audits, and quality improvement programmes 1 2 -but all collect standardised information on patients' diagnoses, care processes, and outcomes, enabling systematic comparison and analysis across multiple sites.
Nelson et al. (2016) studied this question.