Table 4.

Grouping and naming 3 factors

Loadings	FACTOR 1 - DATA QUALITY
0.7810	Summary Audit is always conducted
0.7793	Results of Summary Audit are informed and used to improve discharge summary
0.7246	Results of Medical Record Audit are used for improvement
0.6939	There is a committee responsible for Summary Audit
0.6931	Coding Audit is always conducted
0.6849	Results of Medical Record Audit are publicly announced
0.6719	Medical Record Audit is always conducted
0.6591	Results of Coding Audit are informed and used to improve coding
0.5940	There is a committee responsible for Coding Audit
0.5789	There is a committee responsible for Medical Record Audit
	FACTOR 2 - CODING PRACTICE
0.6268	There is a policy to ensure that physicians do the codings themselves
0.6011	Physician has to provide diagnosis and procedure codes in the discharge summary
0.5544	The hospital develops a computer software to check the codes given by coder
0.5527	There is a physician responsible for coding practice
0.4844	There is an incentive/punishment mechanism to ensure timeliness of the discharge summary completion
0.4413	The hospital provides clear career pathway for medical statistician
0.4094	There is a staff responsible for using DRG Seeker software
	FACTOR 3 - REIMBURSEMENT
0.7626	Various combinations of codes are entered into DRG Seeker software to see the change in RW/Adjusted RW
0.7310	Principal and secondary diagnoses may be swapped in order to see the change in Adjusted RW
0.5849	DRG Seeker software is used for every inpatient
	Uniqueness > 0.70
0.5818	Health insurance status will be checked before coder can code
0.4935	Checking health insurance status is an essential step of coding practice
0.4876	There have been attempts to find diagnosis and procedure codes that give as high RW as possible
0.3768	A criteria is used to select some discharge summary for code checking
0.3440	Coder always needs to see laboratory results