August 1, 2023Open Access

Are temporal trends in retained foreign object rates after surgery in Switzerland impacted by increasing coding intensity? A retrospective analysis of hospital routine data from 2000 to 2019

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Our results raise concerns about the use of RFO incidence for comparing hospitals, countries and years. Utilising coding indices could be employed to mitigate the effects of coding intensity on RFO rates.

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David Schwappach

University of Bern

Michael M. Havranek

University of Lucerne

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BMJ Open

SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

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University of Bern

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine

University of Lucerne

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Schwappach et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ae176cc86f5f11b8a65e — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075660

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Are temporal trends in retained foreign object rates after surgery in Switzerland impacted by increasing coding intensity? A retrospective analysis of hospital routine data from 2000 to 2019

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