Table 3.
Number and percentage of fields recorded, by referral type, excluding unusual and unknown referral pathways.
| Fields recorded | Referral typea | |||
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Electronicb, n (%) | Paper proforma, n (%) | Paper letter, n (%) | Internal, n (%) |
| Performance statusc | 83 (100) | 75 (80) | 7 (35) | 9 (22) |
| Details of presentation | 83 (100) | 94 (100) | 20 (100) | 41 (100) |
| Symptom durationc | 83 (100) | 71 (76) | 13 (65) | 26 (63) |
| Steroid treatmentc | 83 (100) | 82 (87) | 5 (25) | 8 (20) |
| Previous malignancyc | 83 (100) | 74 (79) | 7 (35) | 23 (56) |
| Staging computerized tomographyc | 83 (100) | 65 (69) | 3 (15) | 9 (22) |
a7 referrals initially done as emergency neurosurgery referrals and three cases with unknown referral source have bene excluded.
bAll electronic referrals were 100% complete in all fields as completing these was compulsory for the referral submission.
cP<.001.