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Germany Inpatient Operations and Procedures in Hospitals 2009

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Original or alternative title 
Fallpauschalenbezogene Krankenhausstatistik (DRG-Statistik) Operationen und Prozeduren der vollstationären Patientinnen und Patienten in Krankenhäusern - Ausführliche Darstellung
Provider 
Federal Statistical Office (Germany)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Germany (DEU)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2009 - 12/2009
Series or system 
Germany Diagnosis-Related Group-Based Hospital Statistics
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 2009, approximately 17.2 million patients were discharged from inpatient treatment. There were approximately 45 million operations and medical procedures, an average of 2.6 per discharge.

Keywords 
Abortion, Amputation, Antiretroviral therapy, Biopsy, Blood transfusions, Caesarean section, Cardiovascular surgical procedures, Catheters, Chemotherapy, Circumcision, Colonoscopy, 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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021