The number of hip and knee replacement discharges with postoperative deep vein thrombosis.

Discharges among cases defined in the denominator with ICD code for deep vein thrombosis in a secondary diagnosis field during the surgical admission (see ICD codes).

Hip and knee replacement discharges, meeting the inclusion and exclusion rules with an ICD code for an operating room procedure.

• Obstetric hospitalisations - Cases assigned to an obstetric DRG, e.g. from MDC 14 or specified pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium codes in any field. • IVC - cases from the numerator and denominator where a procedure for interruption of vena cava or insertion of inferior vena cava filter occurs before or on the same day as the first / main operating room procedure (hip/knee replacement and all surgical discharges). • PE - if a patient has both PE and DVT, such case is assigned to PE. • PDX - cases with principal diagnosis or secondary diagnosis present on admission (if known) of deep vein thrombosis during the surgical admission (NUM1). • LOS - surgical admissions (NUM1) with length of stay less than 2 days where patient is discharged alive.

Standardised (or adjusted) by age and sex.

By sex, age group (5-years) and country.

Data requested from OECD countries

OECD Data Explorer Website and Health at a glance publications

www.oecd.org/en/topics/health-care-quality-and-outcomes.html

www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-sub-issues/measuring-health-care-quality/definitions-of-health-care-quality-outcomes.pdf