Table 2.
General questions (N = 177)
| Survey question |
All hospitals, N (%) | Country range (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A medical record is kept for every patient treated in the hospital | Yes | 173 (97.7) | 95.4–100 |
| No | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Separate medical records are kept for patients seen at the ambulatory clinics at the hospital and patients admitted to the hospital | Yes | 113 (63.8) | 13.3–100 |
| No | 55 (31.0) | ||
| Unknown | 9 (5.0) | ||
| If yes, there is a mechanism to systematically link or combine the information on the same patient acquired during ambulatory care visits (at the hospital) and during hospital admissions | Yes | 96 (84.9) | 75.0–92.8 |
| No | 12 (10.6) | ||
| Unknown | 5 (4.4) | ||
| Data is systematically abstracted from the medical record into the hospital database | Yes | 160 (90.3) | 64.0–100 |
| No | 6 (3.3) | ||
| Unknown | 11 (6.2) | ||
| The hospital database is part of a national database | Yes | 82 (46.3) | 7.6–86.3 |
| No | 73 (41.2) | ||
| Unknown | 22 (12.4) | ||
| That hospital database is used for reimbursement purposes | Yes | 150 (84.7) | 55.1–100 |
| No | 12 (6.7) | ||
| Unknown | 15 (8.4) | ||
| An ICD coding system is used in the hospital | Yes | 169 (95.4) | 82.1–100 |
| No | 6 (3.3) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (1.1) | ||