title: Nursing data set development in Thailand.
abstract: The survey on nursing minimum data set was performed. Questionnaires were sent to 500 randomly selected hospitals, 378 returned questionnaires were analyzed. The top 10 minimum nursing data set were identified. They were patient's hospital number, name, personal ID number, medical diagnosis, referral, admission date, patient/family history, address and phone, gender, birth, religion, education, laboratory tests, discharge/expiration date, condition before discharge, nursing outcome, nursing problem, nursing intervention, admission number, health insurance, discharge plan and home visit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. rarph@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Rutja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phuphaibul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013785:Thailand