Table 3:

Accuracy of coding by hospital

ParameterEstimate (95% CI), %
Confirmed cases (U07.1 only)
 Hospital A
 Sensitivity98.5 (95.7–99.7)
 Specificity99.4 (99.2–99.6)
 Positive predictive value84.5 (79.3–88.9)
 Negative predictive value100 (99.9–100)
Hospital B
 Sensitivity97.7 (94.1–99.4)
 Specificity99.8 (99.5–99.9)
 Positive predictive value95.4 (91.2–98.0)
 Negative predictive value99.9 (99.7–100)
Hospital C
 Sensitivity95.9 (88.5–99.1)
 Specificity99.3 (98.8–99.6)
 Positive predictive value83.3 (73.6–90.6)
 Negative predictive value99.8 (99.5–100)
  • Note: CI = confidence interval.