The National Adult Inpatient Survey conducted in the English National Health Service from 2002 to 2009: how have the data been used and what do we know as a result?

The article presents a study conducted by the authors to evaluate how data collected through National Adult Inpatient Survey in England has been used. It states that majority of studies were reports of organizations contracted to gather data and used mainly descriptive statistics. It mentions that patients' socio-economic status influenced their evaluation of their care. It highlights that the data is yet to be fully used to its potential.