Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants
HIM/CC (N = 156) | Key MDM participants (N = 41) | |
|---|---|---|
Type of Hospitala | ||
Public | 127 (81%) | 27 (66%) |
Private | 25 (16%) | 1 (2%) |
Public and private | 4 (3%) | 13 (32%) |
Location of employmenta | ||
Major city hospital | 97 (62%) | 33 (81%) |
Inner regional hospital | 35 (22%) | 3 (7%) |
Outer regional hospital | 17 (11%) | 1 (2%) |
Remote hospital | 6 (4%) | 1 (2%) |
More than one area | 1 (< 1%) | 3 (7%) |
Coder speciality/MDM tumour stream contributor | ||
All cancer | 148 (95%) | |
Multiple cancer MDMs | 0 | 15 (36%) |
Lung cancer | 1 (< 1%) | 6 (15%) |
Bowel cancer | 0 | 4 (10%) |
Prostate cancer | 0 | 6 (15%) |
Breast cancer | 1 (< 1%) | 8 (20%) |
Melanoma | 1 (< 1%) | 0 |
Cancer other than breast, lung, prostate, bowel or colorectal | 5 (3%) | 1 (2%) |
Not recorded | 0 | 1 (2%) |
Years’ experience coding /contributing to MDMs | ||
0–2 years | 14 (9%) | 4 (8%) |
2–5 years | 16 (10%) | 2 (4%) |
> 5 years | 117 (75%) | 46 (88%) |
Supervise only/ do not code | 8 (5%) | |
Not answered | 1 (< 1%) | |