Table 1

Comparison by department/division of data for date of decision for surgery or last related service, in no. of data (and % of charts)

Surgical specialtyDate availabilityDecision date cf. last service
Both dates the sameDecision beforeDecision after
DecisionLast serviceBoth
Cardiac14921430(96)1055 (74)348 (24)27 (2)
General33403249(97)3129 (96)100 (3)20 (1)
Neurosurgery13291272(96)1178 (93)81 (6)13 (1)
Orthopedic39353807(97)3472 (91)301 (8)34 (1)
Thoracic707689(97)669 (97)18 (3)2 (0)
Vascular944916(97)881 (96)29 (3)6 (1)
Ophthalmology23772003(84)1991 (99)11 (1)1 (0)
Gynecology53435170(97)4771 (92)339 (7)60 (1)
Urology42964167(97)4072 (98)86 (2)9 (0)
 Totals2376322 03(96)21218 (93)1313 (6)172 (1)