Table 1 Variables used to identify birth admission hospital record for infants
From: Investigating linkage rates among probabilistically linked birth and hospitalization records
Variable | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
ICD10-AM | Z38 | Liveborn infants according to place of birth |
ICD10-AM | P-codes | Conditions originating in the perinatal period |
Calculated age | [0, 0.0028] | An age of 0 or 1 days old |
Birth weight | Non-missing | A birth weight is recorded in the hospital record |
Source of referral | Born in hospital | The hospital record is for birth in hospital |
Admission order | 1 | The hospital record is the first for an infant |