Table 1 Selection criteria for linked and unlinked Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset
Reference standard | Base case | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inclusion criteria | ||||||
Principal diagnosis hip fracture* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Admission source coded as “private residence/accommodation” | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Exclusion criteria | ||||||
Readmission within 30 days of discharge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Readmission within 120 days of discharge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Discharge status denoting in-hospital death | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Hip revision procedures only | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Non-acute care type | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Non-emergency admission | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |