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Table 2 Number of grouped versions views, their median life, percentiles 25 and 75 (in days) per type of report, type of encounter associated with report creation, and according to chapter of main inpatient ICD-9-CM.

From: Determinants of frequency and longevity of hospital encounters' data use

Determinant

Number of views

Median life

Percentiles

   

p25

p75

Report departmental source

    

   Pathology

165 899

118

28

346

   Gastroenterology

18 616

80

13

308

   Gynaecology

962

74

35

220

   Obstetrics

2 382

37

2

216

   Pneumology

5 057

26

6

118

   Intensive care

1 583

20

2

106

   Cardiothoracic

3 317

16

4

49

   Clinical pathology

191 463

15

1

54

   Paediatric gastroenterology

385

14

3

46

   Immune-haemotherapy

266 631

7

0.4

53

Molecular biology*

9 142

49

21

121

Viral markers*

18 557

25

8

81

Transfusion laboratory*

3 615

3

0.9

20

Haemostasis*

52 958

1

0.1

13

Type of hospital encounter

    

   Lab results

1 340

56.5

8.5

234.3

   Outpatient

130 946

37.8

12.9

149.2

   Day-care

1 091

18.2

4.9

68.0

   Inpatient

108 737

4.8

0.4

67.6

   Emergency

39 884

1.5

0.1

29.0

Chapter of main inpatient ICD-9 CM diagnosis

    

   Neoplasms

21 097

36.0

1.8

268

   Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders

2 503

26.2

1.1

211

   Diseases of the genitourinary system

3 837

26.1

1.2

156

   Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions

817

16.0

1.0

147

   Diseases of the digestive system

11 308

11.9

0.9

98

   Infectious and parasitic diseases

7 842

11.1

0.8

85

   Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

4 211

10.7

0.8

106

   Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

693

10.3

1.0

119

   Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs

1 163

8.0

0.9

77

   Mental disorders

385

7.9

1.1

63

   Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

122

7.0

0.9

109

   Diseases of the respiratory system

5 154

5.1

0.7

63

   Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs

2 076

4.8

0.8

47

   Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

2 418

3.8

0.7

70

   Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services

3 160

1.6

0.8

18

   Congenital anomalies

1 182

0.8

0.1

30

   Diseases of the circulatory system

20 665

0.8

0.1

11

   Injury and poisoning

7 006

0.7

0.1

6

  1. * - the subdivision of the immune-haemotherapy reports is only possible in the last months of 2006 and in 2007, which explains why the sum of the four sub-divisions is lower the total of immune-haemotherapy reports