Table 3.
Characteristics of HCC, patient and visit level variables included in the multilevel analysis.
| Characteristics of HCCs | Median | Range |
| Visits, n | 13352 | 2842-33091 |
| Patients, n | 6350 | 1493-14573 |
| Physicians, n | 29 | 4-133 |
| Coding frequency, % | 72 | 42-93 |
| Characteristics of patients | Numbers | Proportion |
| Agegroup | ||
| -28 | 47357 | 31% |
| 29-49 | 39129 | 25% |
| 50-67 | 36357 | 24% |
| 68- | 31689 | 20% |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 83398 | 54% |
| Male | 71105 | 46% |
| Characteristics of visits | ||
| ICD-coding | Yes | No |
| Visits, n(%) | ||
| All | 245126 (70%) | 103650 (30%) |
| Planned | 94013 (65%) | 49827 (35%) |
| Not Planned | 151113 (74%) | 53823 (26%) |
Extracted from SPCD during 1st May 2002 - 31st October 2003