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This is one field in [[CCMDB.mdb]]. It is two fields (survive/expire) and (autopsy) in Ed's database. It was implemented as a single field to prevent the combination survive/autopsy. | This is one field in [[CCMDB.mdb]]. It is two fields (survive/expire) and (autopsy) in Ed's database. It was implemented as a single field to prevent the combination survive/autopsy. | ||
== | == Legacy Data == | ||
This field used to also encode whether a deceased patient had had an autopsy. | |||
It was determined that our collection practice was likely to miss whether a patient had an autopsy, so it was decided to discontinue collection | |||
As of version v1.7 an "N" has been sent for the autopsy field. | |||
As of | As of 1 Jan 2010 the autopsy options are replaced by just an "expire" field. Output doesn't change. | ||
Output | |||
[[Category: Registry Data]] | [[Category: Registry Data]] |
Revision as of 19:08, 2010 December 30
The Survive / Expired / Autopsy field tracks if a patient survived to be discharged, and if not, whether there was an autopsy.
Data encoding
This is one field in CCMDB.mdb. It is two fields (survive/expire) and (autopsy) in Ed's database. It was implemented as a single field to prevent the combination survive/autopsy.
Legacy Data
This field used to also encode whether a deceased patient had had an autopsy.
It was determined that our collection practice was likely to miss whether a patient had an autopsy, so it was decided to discontinue collection
As of version v1.7 an "N" has been sent for the autopsy field.
As of 1 Jan 2010 the autopsy options are replaced by just an "expire" field. Output doesn't change.