Table 4.
Discharge summary adherence to NPC minimum dataset
| Discharge summaries adherence [mean (95% CI)] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Total NPC minimum Dataset | Patient, admission and discharge information | Medicine Information | Therapy change information | |
| Type of discharge summary | |||||
| Electronic | 2570 | 73.7% (73.3, 74.1) | 79.5% (79.1, 79.9) | 67.2% (66.3, 68.20) | 50.9% (49.4, 52.3) |
| Handwritten | 874 | 67.0% (65.2, 66.8) | 71.0% (70.2, 71.9) | 54.8% (53.4, 56.3) | 40.2% (36.9, 43.7) |
| Type of admission | |||||
| Planned | 911 | 71.3% (70.6, 72.1) | 77.2% (6.5, 78.0) | 63.9% (62.2, 65.6) | 46.3% (43.8, 48.9) |
| Unplanned admission | 2168 | 71.8% (71.3, 72.3) | 77.5% (77.1, 78.0) | 62.9% (61.9, 64.0) | 49.0% (47.3, 50.8) |
| Unspecified type of admission | 365 | 72.6% (71.2, 74.1) | 76.4% (75.0, 77.8) | 70.8% (68.5, 73.1) | 55.4% (51.2, 59.7) |
| Hospital | |||||
| H1 | 715 | 65.0% (64.1, 65.9) | 69.8% (68.9, 70.7) | 54.3% (52.9, 55.8) | 41.8% (37.8, 45.9) |
| H2 | 57 | 73.5% (70.6, 76.8) | 79.7% (76.2, 83.1) | 69.1% (62.5, 75.8) | 46.9% (34.7, 59.1) |
| H3 | 136 | 81.4% (79.7, 83.2) | 85.4% (83.9, 87.0) | 83.0% (80.0, 86.0) | 65.5% (60.0, 71.0) |
| H4 | 55 | 71.7% (68.3, 75.1) | 79.4% (76.7, 82.1) | 48.2% (40.2, 56.2) | 26.4% (14.6, 38.2) |
| H5 | 2368 | 73.5% (73.1, 74.0) | 79.3% (79.0, 79.7) | 66.4% (65.4, 67.4) | 50.6% (49.0, 52.1) |
| Community hospital | 52 | 62.4% (58.1, 66.9) | 68.6% (64.3, 72.9) | 58.5% (49.5, 67.5) | 27.7% (15.8, 39.6) |
| Others | 61 | 65.8% (62.5, 69.2) | 72.5% (69.2, 75.8) | 60.3% (54.2, 66.4) | 36.9% (26.1, 47.7) |
| Ward specialities | |||||
| Medicine for Elderly | 564 | 73.5% (72.6, 74.4) | 79.7% (78.8, 80.6) | 64.7% (62.8, 66.7) | 53.0% (49.7, 56.2) |
| Urology | 403 | 73.3% (72.2, 74.4) | 78.4% (77.1, 79.1) | 67.6% (65.3, 69.9) | 52.0% (48.3, 56.2) |
| General surgery | 321 | 71.1% (69.9, 72.4) | 78.1% (76.9, 79.3) | 58.8% (55.7, 61.9) | 42.3% (37.7, 46.9) |
| Thoracic | 243 | 73.3% (72.0, 74.6) | 78.7% (77.5, 80.0) | 67.2% (64.4, 69.7) | 51.5% (46.6, 56.4) |
| Cardiology | 239 | 73.0% (71.5, 74.5) | 78.9% (77.4, 80.4) | 65.2% (62.3, 68.1) | 50.7% (46.5, 54.9) |
| Orthopaedic | 217 | 68.6% (67.1, 70.2). | 75.0% (73.5, 76.5) | 63.5% (60.5, 66.6) | 34.9% (29.0, 40.7) |
| Paediatrics | 203 | 71.4% (69.7, 73.1) | 76.6% (74.9, 78.2) | 64.7% (61.0, 68.3) | 46.8% (40.8, 52.8) |
| General medicine | 187 | 72.0% (70.3, 73.7) | 75.8% (73.9, 77.5) | 64.8% (61.1, 68.6) | 58.3% (51.5, 64.9) |
| Gynaecology | 145 | 72.2% (70.1, 74.3) | 78.9% (77.1, 80.6) | 64.0% (59.4, 68.5) | 49.6% (.0, 56.9) |
| Oncology | 140 | 73.9% (72.1, 75.7) | 77.8% (76.2, 79.4) | 68.2% (64.4, 72.1) | 58.9% (52.6, 65.3) |
| Gastroenterology | 126 | 69.6% (67.7, 71.6) | 75.7% (73.7, 77.7) | 60.2% (56.1, 64.2) | 48.1% (41.0, 55.3) |
| Others* | 421 | 72.6% (71.5, 73.7) | 78.4% (77.3, 79.4) | 62.8% (59.9, 65.6) | 43.1% (39.0, 47.2) |
| Unspecified specialities | 235 | 64.4% (62.7, 66.1) | 68.8% (67.1, 70.5) | 60.2% (56.0, 62.5) | 49.0% (43.2, 54.9) |
| Profession types | |||||
| Doctors | 2504 | 71.0% (70.5, 71.5) | 76.6% (76.2, 77.1) | 62.8% (61.9, 63.8) | 48.1% (46.4, 49.7) |
| Pharmacists | 36 | 74.6% (71.7, 77.5) | 80.1% (77.6, 82.6) | 69.1% (61.2, 77.0) | 51.5% (38.4, 64.6) |
| Specialist nurse practitioners | 146 | 74.5% (72.5, 76.6) | 79.8% (78.1, 81.5) | 65.6% (61.0, 70.3) | 53.0% (46.8, 59.2) |
| Unspecified profession | 758 | 73.6% (72.6, 74.4) | 79.1% (78.3, 79.9) | 67.5% (65.7, 69.3) | 50.5% (47.8, 53.2) |
| Extent of adherence | 3444 | 71.7% (70.2, 73.2) | 77.3% (77.0, 77.7) | 67.2% (66.3, 68.2) | 48.9% (47.5, 50.3) |
*
e.g. Nephrology, Neurology, ENT, Endocrinology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Ophthalmology, Maternity care and Neonatal.