PMID- 24067237
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140625
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1833-3575 (Electronic)
IS  - 1833-3583 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013
TI  - Methodological processes in validating and analysing the quality of 
      population-based data: a case study using the Victorian Perinatal Data 
      Collection.
PG  - 12-9
AB  - This paper describes methods used and results obtained from a study that measured 
      the accuracy of a routinely collected population-based data set. Data on a random 
      sample of births were extracted from the 2003 Victorian Perinatal Data Collection 
      (VPDC) and compared with information in the original medical record. Accuracy was 
      calculated for 111 items related to diverse aspects of maternity and neonatal 
      health and care. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative 
      predictive value were calculated for dichotomous items. Seventynine items were 
      accurate in at least 97% of cases, 45 of them in at least 99% of cases, and 
      accuracy was below 90% for five items. Very high specificities demonstrate that 
      conditions were rarely reported in error. Lower sensitivities indicate that some 
      events that occurred went unreported on the perinatal form. The excellent results 
      for specifi city indicated that the dataset is appropriate for a conservative 
      analysis of relationships between factors. The lower sensitivities could result 
      in true relationships between factors remaining unidentified. Reasons for 
      discrepancies between the VPDC and the original medical record are described.
FAU - Davey, Mary-Ann
AU  - Davey MA
AD  - La Trobe University, Melbourne VIC.
FAU - Sloan, Mary-Louise
AU  - Sloan ML
FAU - Palma, Sonia
AU  - Palma S
FAU - Riley, Merilyn
AU  - Riley M
FAU - King, James
AU  - King J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - Australia
TA  - Health Inf Manag
JT  - Health information management : journal of the Health Information Management 
      Association of Australia
JID - 9438200
MH  - Data Collection/*standards
MH  - Databases, Factual/standards
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Medical Records/standards
MH  - Perinatal Care/*standards
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Victoria
EDAT- 2013/09/27 06:00
MHDA- 2014/06/26 06:00
CRDT- 2013/09/27 06:00
PHST- 2013/09/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/09/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/06/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1177/183335831304200301 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Inf Manag. 2013;42(3):12-9. doi: 10.1177/183335831304200301.