Table 4 The agreement or sensitivity for referral codes or text versus discharge diagnoses
Definitions of agreement or lack of agreementa | Hospital | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haukeland No. (%) | UNNaNo. (%) | St Olav No. (%) | AHUSaNo. (%) | Total No. (%) | |
1. Clear agreement between referral and discharge | 335 (74.4) | 386 (83.9) | 425 (89.5) | 415 (88.5) | 1561 (84.2) |
2. Poorly formulated referral; some modification by the hospital | 48 (10.7) | 19 (4.1) | 3 (0.6) | 15 (3.3) | 85 (4.6) |
3. Not sufficiently specific but adequate | 14 (3.1) | 38 (8.3) | 25 (5.3) | 0 (0) | 77 (4.2) |
Good agreement: sum of codes 1-3 | 397 (88.2) | 443 (96.3) | 453 (95.4) | 430 (91.7 | 1723 (92.9) |
4. No agreement | 53 (11.8) | 17 (3.7) | 22 (4.6) | 39 (8.3) | 131 (7.1) |
Total number of records assessed | 450 (100) | 460 (100) | 475 (100) | 469 (100) | 1854 (100) |
Sensitivitya | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.93 |
95% confidence interval | 0.87-0.90 | 0.94-0.98 | 0.91-0.99 | 0.90-0.94 | 0.92-0.94 |