Abstract
BackgroundHospital administrative data, such as those provided by the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database in England, are increasingly being used for research and quality improvement. To date, no study has...
Highlights
IntroductionThe three specialty areas with the highest number of publications were Health Statistics (n = 50), Oncology (n = 40) and Vascular Surgery (n = 39)
The review showed an increase in publications over the 19-year period with an average of 27 publications per year, with the majority of output observed in the latter part of the study period
The highest number of publications was in the Health Statistics specialty area
Summary
The three specialty areas with the highest number of publications were Health Statistics (n = 50), Oncology (n = 40) and Vascular Surgery (n = 39). The three principal journals in which HES data were published were: The British Medical Journal (9.2% and n = 48), The British Journal of Surgery (5.6% and n = 29) and The. Journal of Public Health (3.7% and n = 19). Most journals published just one article, with 111 examples of this in our review. Hospital administrative data, such as those provided by the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database in England, are increasingly being used for research and quality improvement. No study has tried to quantify and examine trends in the use of HES for research purposes
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