Table 3 Accuracy and error results
Variable | Accuracy rate (%), (95% CI) | Error rate (%) | Missing data | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Missing from PTAC (%) | Missing from institutional patient record (%) | Missing from both (%) | |||
Facility identification and timing | |||||
Sending facility | 100.0, (100.0–100.0) | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving facility | 91.6 (87.9–95.2) | 3.2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 |
Date of transfer | 85.3 (83.0–87.5) | 1.1 | 0 | 13.7 | 0 |
Demographics | |||||
Last name | 91.6 (86.0–97.2) | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First name | 95.8 (91.7–100.0) | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sex | 94.0 (90.1–97.3) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
Age | 91.0 (79.6–93.1) | 1.1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
Transfer supervision and service | |||||
Medical supervision | 17.9 (13.2–22.6) | 1.1 | 9.5 | 22.1 | 49.5 |
Transfer service | 20.0 (15.5–24.5) | 1.1 | 6.3 | 21.1 | 51.6 |
Reason and urgency of transfer | |||||
Emergent/urgent/non-urgent | 90.5 (90.5–90.5) | 0.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 |
Transfer status | 90.5 (90.5–90.5) | 0.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 |
Primary reason | 95.8 (92.9–98.7) | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 |