Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for inpatient discharge letters content coding (n = 375)

Content feature	Feature presence (yes)	Feature absence (no)
1. Discharging physician (name and role)	84.0%	16.0%
2. Reason for admission	94.4%	5.6%
3. Diagnosis	88.8%	11.2%
4. Tests/procedures performed	88.5%	11.5%
5. Investigation results/examination findings	89.1%	10.9%
6. Medication names	82.4%	17.6%
7. Medication dose and frequency	82.1%	17.9%
8. Medication changes	56.8%	43.2%
9. Reasons for medication changes	26.9%	73.1%
10. Hospital plan (pending actions e.g. outpatient appointment)	62.9%	37.1%
11. Patient concerns/wishes	8.3%	91.7%
12. Information to patient	33.3%	66.7%
13. GP plan (actions/management)	63.5%	36.5%
14. Acronyms (unexplained)	81.3%	18.7%
15. Medical jargon (unexplained)	76.5%	23.5%