Disparities in patient record completeness with respect to the health care utilization project

Patient data completeness is an important characteristic in maintaining accurate health records and providing the highest standard of care. Furthermore, finding discrepancies in care based on different subpopulation parameters is important to identify areas of underlying systemic issues in order to address concerns and alleviate those discrepancies. In this project, the investigators use the Data Completeness Analysis Package to find trends in patient record completeness using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's State Inpatient Database for the state of Florida, specifically focusing on finding discrepancies among subpopulations along the variables of age, race, and gender. The results from testing Data Completeness Analysis Package with State Inpatient Database show a variety of patterns that provides insights to the health care delivery in Florida.