Germany Inpatient Operations and Procedures in Hospitals 2011
General Info
Original or alternative title
Fallpauschalenbezogene Krankenhausstatistik (DRG-Statistik) Operationen und Prozeduren der vollstationären Patientinnen und Patienten in Krankenhäusern - Ausführliche Darstellung
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2011 - December, 2011
Data type
Administrative data:
Inpatient - Nationally representative
Summary
Inpatient operation and procedure data are continuously collected by hospitals within the German Diagnosis-Related Group payment system. As of January 1, 2004, this includes all general hospitals in Germany. These data are encoded according to Germany's Operations and Procedures Code (OPS), which includes diagnostic procedures and imaging, surgery, non-surgical therapeutic measures, and additional measures. In 2011, approximately 17.7 million patients were discharged from inpatient treatment. There were approximately 49 million operations and medical procedures, an average of 2.8 per discharge.
Keywords
Abortion, Amputation, Antiretroviral therapy, Biopsy, Blood transfusions, Caesarean section, Cardiovascular surgical procedures, Catheters, Chemotherapy, Circumcision, Colonoscopy, Counseling, DRGs, Diagnosis, Dialysis, Endoscopy, General surgery, Gynecology, Health care services, Health education, Hospitals, Hysterectomy, Imaging equipment, Immunotherapy, Infant care, Neurosurgery, Obstetrical equipment, Pain management, Physical examinations, Physical therapy, Proctoscopy, Prostheses and implants, Radiation therapy, Screening mammography, Sexual sterilization, Surgical procedures, Therapies, Thoracic surgery, Transplants, Ultrasound, Ventilators, X-rays, Abortive outcome
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Publication year
2012
Suggested citation
Federal Statistical Office (Germany). Germany Inpatient Operations and Procedures in Hospitals 2011. Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Statistical Office (Germany), 2012.
Other ID
5231401117014