Cross-Registry Benchmarking of Data Quality: Lessons Learned

Feedback of data quality measures to study sites is an established procedure in the management of registries. Comparisons of data quality between registries as a whole are missing. We implemented a cross-registry benchmarking of data quality within the field of health services research for six projects. Five (2020) and six (2021) quality indicators were selected from a national recommendation. The calculation of the indicators was adjusted to the registries' specific settings. Nineteen (2020) and 29 results (2021) could be included in the yearly quality report. Seventy-four per cent (2020) and 79% (2021) of the results did not include the threshold in their 95%-confidence-limits. The benchmarking revealed several starting points for a weak-point analysis through a comparison of results with a predefined threshold as well as through comparisons among each other. In the future, a cross-registry benchmarking might be part of services provided through a health services research infrastructure.