Table 1 ICD data collection features
Country (by continent) | N° of respondents | Definition of “main condition” | Maximum allowable coding fields for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnoses | Hospital interventions | |||
Africa | ||||
Botswana | 1 | Reason for admission | 31 or more (limited) | No |
Mauritius | 1 | Reason for admission | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Nigeria | 3 | Reason for admission | 16–30 31 or more (limited) Unlimited | 1–6 31 or more (limited) |
Tanzania | 1 | Reason for admission | Unlimited | Unlimited |
America (North) | ||||
Barbados | 2 | Resource use | I don’t know | I don’t know |
Canada | 1 | Resource use | 16–30 | 16–30 |
Jamaica | 2 | Reason for admission | 7–15 31 or more (limited) | 7–15 31 or more (limited) |
United States of America | 5 | Reason for admission | 16–30 | 1–6 16–30 Unlimited |
America (South) | ||||
Chile | 2 | Resource use | 7–15 | 7–15 |
Guatemala | 3 | Resource use | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Paraguay | 1 | Resource use | I don’t know | I don’t know |
Uruguay | 1 | Reason for admission | 1–6 | 1–6 |
Asia | ||||
India | 1 | Reason for admission | 1–6 | No |
Indonesia | 3 | Resource use | 1–6 16–30 | 1–6 16–30 |
Iran | 1 | Reason for admission | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | Reason for admission | 16–30 | 16–30 |
South Korea | 1 | Resource use | 31 or more (limited) | 31 or more (limited) |
Thailand | 1 | Reason for admission | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Europe | ||||
Germany | 1 | I don’t know | I don’t know | I don’t know |
Italy | 2 | Resource use | – | – |
Netherlands | 2 | Botha | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Spain | 1 | Resource use | 16–30 | 16–30 |
Sweden | 3 | Botha | 7–15 31 or more (limited) Unlimited | 7–15 31 or more (limited) Unlimited |
United Kingdom | 4 | Resource use | 16–30 31 or more (limited) Unlimited | 16–30 31 or more (limited) Unlimited |
Oceania | ||||
Australia | 2 | Reason for admission | 31 or more (limited) | 31 or more (limited) |
New Zealand | 1 | Reason for admission | 31 or more (limited) | 31 or more (limited) |
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