Table 3.
Weekly Hours Spent in Workload Activities
| Mean hours | Median hours | Min hours | Max hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case finding, manual | 18.1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 151.0 |
| Case finding, electronic | 18.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 109.5 |
| Abstracting, at hospital | 13.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 149.0 |
| Abstracting, at central registry | 69.3 | 53.0 | 0.0 | 225.5 |
| Follow-up, active | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| Follow-up, passive | 6.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 |
| Visual editing | 55.4 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 307.8 |
| Case consolidation, manual | 29.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 134.0 |
| Case consolidation, electronic | 59.1 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 239.0 |
| Resolving edit report | 31.3 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 102.5 |
| Resolving quality issues | 29.7 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 207.5 |
| Audits, case finding | 23.7 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 88.9 |
| Audit, re-abstracting | 8.1 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 27.0 |
| Database management | 24.3 | 18.6 | 0.0 | 83.7 |
| Training, registry staff | 14.5 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 76.9 |
| Training, reporting facility staff | 10.8 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 59.4 |
| Travel, operations | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| Travel, conferences | 6.4 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 20.0 |
| Death clearance, matching | 4.0 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 16.1 |
| Death clearance, follow-back | 8.9 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 44.7 |
| Total activities | 435.4 | 321.7 | 64.4 | 1304.7 |