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However
,
due
to
continued
variation
in
data
quality
across
providers
,
there
is
still
a
need
to
compensate
for
known
shortfall
,
i.e
grossing
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Grossed
figures
provide
better
estimates
and
improve
time
series
comparisons
.
The
grossing
methodology
compensates
for
known
shortfalls
in
the
data
,
and
is
based
largely
on
the
KP70
counts
of
FCEs
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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The
national
totals
in
tables
B12
to
B14
do
not
equate
exactly
to
the
figure
in
table
B11
,
as
the
grossing
factors
used
are
based
on
KP70
data
,
but
are
not
directly
comparable
with
them
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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A
new
computer
system
was
introduced
for
the
processing
of
1994
-
95
HES
data
which
adopted
a
revised
grossing
methodlology
and
applied
improved
validation
procedures
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Data
for
1996
-
97
are
provisional
-
meaning
that
for
figures
in
this
publication
,
only
crude
grossing
factors
have
been
applied
to
account
for
shortfalls
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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