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Table 3 Consistency of reporting of anaemia and blood related disorders in coded hospital data compared to obstetric data (ObstetriX) from two tertiary hospitals, New South Wales, 2011–2015, by pregnancy characteristics

From: Validation of anaemia, haemorrhage and blood disorder reporting in hospital data in New South Wales, Australia

Condition

Characteristic

Value

Source of identification of condition

NPV (95% CI)

ObstetriX data

Coded hospital data

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

Anaemia (nutritional or haemolytic)

Overall

 

1530

1425

13.5 (11.8–15.3)

96.5 (96.3–96.7)

14.5 (12.7–16.4)

96.2 (96.0–96.4)

 

Parity

Nulliparous

758

809

13.2 (10.9–15.8)

95.6 (95.3–95.9)

12.4 (10.2–14.8)

95.9 (95.6–96.2)

  

Parous

766

607

13.7 (11.4–16.3)

97.3 (97.0–97.5)

17.3 (14.4–20.5)

96.4 (96.1–96.7)

 

Birth year

2011

262

176

8.0 (5.0–12.0)

97.7 (97.3–98.0)

11.9 (7.5–17.7)

96.4 (96.0–96.9)

  

2012

263

146

7.6 (4.7–11.5)

98.2 (97.8–98.5)

13.7 (8.6–20.4)

96.5 (96.1–96.9)

  

2013

281

259

11.7 (8.2–16.1)

96.7 (96.2–97.1)

12.7 (8.9–17.4)

96.3 (95.9–96.8)

  

2014

355

455

22.0 (17.8–26.6)

94.8 (94.3–95.3)

17.1 (13.8–20.9)

96.1 (95.6–96.6)

  

2015

369

389

14.6 (11.2–18.7)

95.2 (94.7–95.7)

13.9 (10.6–17.7)

95.5 (95.0–96.0)

 

Model of care

Hospital medical a

625

642

18.2 (15.3–21.5)

96.1 (95.7–96.4)

17.8 (14.9–20.9)

96.2 (95.8–96.5)

  

Midwife a

820

687

9.5 (7.6–11.7)

96.6 (96.3–96.9)

11.4 (9.1–14.0)

95.9 (95.6–96.2)

  

Private obstetrician or GP only

81

91

17.3 (9.8–27.3)

97.5 (96.9–98.0)

15.4 (8.7–24.5)

97.8 (97.3–98.3)

 

Transfusion status

Transfused

50

382

82.0 (68.6–91.4)

35.0 (31.0–39.3)

10.7 (7.8–14.3)

95.3 (91.3–97.8)

  

Not transfused

1480

1043

11.1 (9.6–12.9)

97.4 (97.2–97.6)

15.8 (13.7–18.2)

96.2 (96.0–96.4)

PPH

Overall

 

4330

4001

82.8 (81.6–83.9)

98.7 (98.6–98.8)

89.6 (88.6–90.5)

97.7 (97.5–97.8)

 

Transfusion status

Transfused

482

456

88.8 (85.6–91.5)

69.9 (59.5–79.0)

93.9 (91.2–95.9)

54.6 (45.2–63.8)

  

Not transfused

3848

3545

82.0 (80.8–83.2)

98.8 (98.6–98.9)

89.1 (88.0–90.1)

97.8 (97.7–98.0)

IPH

Overall

 

155

130

41.9 (34.1–50.1)

99.8 (99.8–99.9)

50.0 (41.1–58.9)

99.7 (99.7–99.8)

 

Transfusion status

Transfused

12

13

25.0 (5.5–57.2)

98.2 (96.8–99.1)

23.1 (5.0–53.8)

98.4 (97.0–99.3)

  

Not transfused

143

117

43.4 (35.1–51.9)

99.8 (99.8–99.9)

53.0 (43.5–62.3)

99.8 (99.7–99.8)

APH

Overall

 

798

874

56.3 (52.7–59.7)

98.8 (98.7–98.9)

51.4 (48.0–54.7)

99.0 (98.9–99.1)

 

Transfusion status

Transfused

46

30

34.8 (21.4–50.2)

97.4 (95.6–98.5)

53.3 (34.3–71.7)

94.5 (92.2–96.3)

  

Not transfused

752

844

57.6 (54.0–61.1)

98.8 (98.7–98.9)

51.3 (47.9–54.7)

99.1 (99.0–99.2)

Thalassaemia

Overall

 

751

23

2.5 (1.5–3.9)

100.0 (100.0–100.0)

82.6 (61.2–95.0)

98.0 (97.8–98.1)

 

Transfusion status

Transfused

25

3

12.0 (2.5–31.2)

100.0 (99.3–100.0)

100.0 (29.2, 100.0)

96.2 (94.2–97.6)

  

Not transfused

726

20

2.2 (1.3–3.6)

100.0 (100. 100.0)

80.0 (56.3–94.3)

98.0 (97.8–98.1)

  1. GP general practitioner
  2. aIncluding shared GP