Table 3.

Reasons for False Positive Trigger Results

Reason	No.	%
The patient had a known non-malignant etiology for the hematuria	68	40.5
The patient received appropriate follow up at outside institution (including another VA facility) within 60 days	48	28.6
The patient declined follow-up, and this was documented within 60 days	21	12.5
The physician documented that the patient was menstruating when sample taken, and repeated the sample at a later time.	12	7.1
The patient had a terminal illness or was in hospice, making follow-up unnecessary/inappropriate	7	4.2
The patient has a known recent history of bladder cancer within the past 1 year	4	2.4
The patient received appropriate follow up at the VA within 60 days, but follow-up was not identified by the trigger due to miscoded data	1	0.6
Other	7	4.2
Total	168	100.0