秘鲁死亡原因的自动编码和选择:一项描述性研究,2016-2019年
Javier Vargas-Herrera1, Janet Miki2, Liliana López Wong3
1Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Unidad de Telesalud, Lima, Peru.
概括
在秘鲁,用于自动选择潜在死亡原因的软件表现良好,从2016年的69.6%增加到2019年的78.8%. 这种改善与电子死亡证明的使用增加有关.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 医学统计 医学统计
背景情况:
- 准确的死亡原因 (COD) 信息对于公共卫生监测和政策至关重要.
- 手动编码COD可能耗时,容易出现错误,影响数据的及时性和质量.
- 自动化软件提供了一个潜在的解决方案,以提高COD选择的效率和准确性.
研究的目的:
- 评估软件在自动选择秘鲁死亡的根本原因的性能.
- 分析2016年至2019年间软件性能趋势.
- 调查使用的死亡证明类型与软件性能之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 描述性研究分析了来自秘鲁的446,217份死亡证明 (2016-2019).
- 趋势的奇平方测试用于评估软件性能随时间变化的变化.
- 相关性分析 (系数和R平方) 检查了电子死亡证明和软件性能之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 软件在自动选择潜在死亡原因方面的性能从2016年的69.6%显著增加到2019年的78.8% (p<0.001).
- 在使用电子死亡证明和软件性能之间观察到强烈的直接线性相关性 (相关系数 = 0.95;R2 = 0.89).
- 该研究强调了数字死亡证明对自动化COD选择准确性的积极影响.
结论:
- 该软件在自动选择潜在死亡原因方面表现良好并不断提高性能.
- 电子死亡证明的日益普及与软件性能的提高直接相关.
- 建议南美国家对医学术语词典进行进一步分析,以提高COD数据的标准化和可比性.
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