Table 3 Agreement between emergency department (ED) and hospital records for capturing patient transition from ED to acute care, stratified by fiscal year
Transition from ED to the acute care hospital in which the ED was located | Transition from ED to acute care in a different facility | |
|---|---|---|
Fiscal Yeara | κ (95 % CI) | κ (95 % CI) |
Overall | 0.77 (0.77, 0.77) | 0.36 (0.35, 0.36) |
2006/07 | 0.55 (0.54, 0.55) | 0.33 (0.31, 0.34) |
2007/08 | 0.67 (0.67, 0.68) | 0.34 (0.33, 0.36) |
2008/09 | 0.73 (0.73, 0.74) | 0.36 (0.34, 0.38) |
2009/10 | 0.83 (0.82, 0.83) | 0.40 (0.39, 0.42) |
2010/11 | 0.86 (0.86, 0.86) | 0.34 (0.33, 0.35) |
2011/12 | 0.94 (0.94, 0.94) | 0.36 (0.34, 0.38) |