National IDB File Information (IDB Full Data Set)
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Country
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Latvia
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Year
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2013
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National Register Name
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Register of the patients with particular diseases about patients who have suffered injuries.
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Purpose of the register
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Purpose of the Register is to collect data on hospitalized patients with injuries from in-patient hospitals in Latvia. The legal base internationally is EU Recommendation on the prevention of injuries and the promotion of safety. Locally the Injury Register works in the framework of Cabinet of Ministers regulation Nr.746 accepted in 15 of September, 2008.
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Scope of the register
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Due to implementation of Cabinet of Ministers regulation Nr.746 data are collected only about in-patients. But there are still some hospitals that provide information about out-patients voluntary. No other systemic deviations are observed.
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Data file name (FDS)
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IDB_2013_Latvia
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Date of creation of FDS file
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2014.03.26
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Range of data of attendance
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20130101-20131231
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Original coding dictionary
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The Injury Database Coding Manual: Version 1.1 June 2005; Latvian language
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Dictionary modifications
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No
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(Eventual) Bridge coding applied
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From ICD-10 to IDB (ICD-10 codes of diagnosis – IDB type of injury, part of body injured). Please see attached Excel file “ICD-10_and_IDB_LV”
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No. of records in the data file
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11746 records in the database of 2013
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No. of FDS reference hospitals
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20
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Geographic scope
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Latvia
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Sampling of hospitals
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20 from 23 national in-patient hospitals sent information about injuries. Legislation determines that in-patient injuries should be collected. Only two of the hospitals provided information on ambulatory treated injuries voluntary. No publications available.
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Sampling of cases within hospitals
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Regarding legal framework information should be sent about each hospitalized patient with injuries from all in-patient hospitals. Due to recent changes in legislation and lack of financial resources not all hospitals can provide information about all patients. No publications available.
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Data entry method
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Staff of health care institution interview patients and Injury Register online system users (data operators) fill in the information electronically in the software program. Data operators usually are one or more persons from the hospital staff.
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Percentage of admissions in data file
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94.3%
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Minimum Quality Control Checks
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Yes
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Average percentage of “unknown”
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Total 6.9% (16 data elements):
age 0.0%
sex 0.0%
date of injury 4.8%
time of injury 32.7%
date of att. 0.0%
time of att. 8.2%
treatment and follow-up 0.1%
intent 6.7%
transport 0.1%
place 5.9%
mechanism 2.6%
activity 22.9%
underlying object/substance 11.6%
direct object/substance 13.0%
type of injury (1) 0,4%
body injured (1) 0.7%
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(Eventual) additional comments (for the user):
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Responsible data administrator (organization)
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Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
22 Duntes Street, LV-1005, Riga, Latvia
Research, Statistics and Health Promotion Department
Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs, Duntes iela 22, LV-1005, Rīga
Pētniecības, statistikas un veselības veicināšanas departaments
http://www.spkc.gov.lv/
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Contact: Responsible person
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Jana Lepiksone,
Director of Research, Statistics and Health Promotion Department
Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia
22 Duntes Street, LV-1005, Riga
Tel.+371 67387654
E-mail: jana.lepiksone@spkc.gov.lv
Internet: www.spkc.gov.lv
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Signature
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Date of completion of this file
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20140326
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