14 A retrospective audit can only record what was written in the notes and while there is a medicolegal principle that 'not recorded' implies 'not done', an unknown proportion of the recorded variation will be due to differences in documentation and the availability of relevant information to those undertaking data extraction.
In the Inception/Desk Phase, the team reviewed the project documentation and all relevant literature and reference documents.
The authors found that the SHSurgAdN was comparatively deficient in the documentation of the relevant system examination and the cardiorespiratory examination, and that this deficiency had worsened over the intervening 4 years.
To be useful, health economic evaluation studies should be methodologically comparable, of high quality (e.g., in terms of transparency, quality of data sources, completeness of documentation), and relevant for the health care decision context.
For all serious adverse events, the documentation and relevant patient data are verified by the coordinating personnel before submitting the data to the Adverse Events Committee for diagnostic classification.
For all serious adverse events the documentation and relevant patient data are verified by the co-ordinating personnel before submitting the data to the Adverse Events Committee for diagnostic classification.
There may also be issues of consent, with respect to use, distribution and export from specific countries, and the relevant documentation may be required by research funders and by journals.
A documentation review of the relevant legislation, draft laws, and the National Mental Health Strategy was also conducted.
