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PbR data assurance framework 2007/08 

Findings from the first year of the national clinical coding audit programme
Released  28 August 2008

Price: £15 | ISBN: 1-86240-552-2 | Stock code: HNR3468

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This report contains the summary analysis from the Payment by Results (PbR) clinical coding audit programme undertaken at all acute NHS trusts in England in 2007/08. The auditing of in excess of 50,000 episodes, equating to approximately GBP73 million of expenditure under PbR, provides the first comprehensive national picture of the quality of data which underpins not only financial but clinical and commissioning information.

 

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