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Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) QMI report

Outlines the quality and methodology information (QMI) relevant to the healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) accredited official statistics releases.

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QMI reports are overview notes designed to give users information on the strength and limitations of the data and to allow them to decide what the data is suitable to be used for. They include qualitative information on the 5 Eurostat dimensions of quality (relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, coherence and comparability), information on the methods used to compile outputs, and their impact on the quality of the estimates produced.

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Published 18 December 2024
Last updated 9 January 2025 + show all updates
  1. The link to a relevant R package and seasonality considerations have been added to the 'sound methods' section.

  2. First published.

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