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Table 1 Characteristics of individuals, hospital episodes and hospital couplets

From: Patient-initiated switching between private and public inpatient hospitalisation in Western Australia 1980 – 2001: An analysis using linked data

Characteristic

Individuals

Episodes

Couplets (2nd Episode)

  

Number

% of Dataset

Number

% of Dataset

Number

% of Dataset

Sex

Male

522167

44.1

3156438

41.7

2634271

41.3

 

Female

662841

55.9

4405035

58.3

3742194

58.7

 

Indeterminate

4

0.0

13

0.0

7

0.0

TOTAL

 

1185014

100

7561486

100

6376472

100

Age Group

0–16 Years

313244

26.4

1045092

13.9

731848

11.5

 

17–39 Years

443602

37.4

2495039

33.1

2051437

32.3

 

40–69 Years

326974

27.6

2708572

35.9

2381598

37.5

 

70+ Years

100870

8.5

1292462

17.1

1191592

18.7

TOTAL

 

1184690

1001

7541165

1002

6356475

1003

Hospital

Teaching

367964

31.1

2852257

37.7

2484293

39.0

Type

Public Metropolitan

198456

16.7

902286

11.9

703830

11.0

 

Private Metropolitan

313563

26.5

1838354

24.3

1524791

23.9

 

Public Country

279315

23.6

1745527

23.1

1466212

23.0

 

Private Country

25097

2.1

208883

2.8

183786

2.9

TOTAL

 

1184395

1004

7547307

1005

6362912

1006

  1. 1 324 missing
  2. 2 20321 missing
  3. 3 19997 missing
  4. 4 619 missing
  5. 5 14179 missing
  6. 6 13560 missing
  7. Missing records were caused by missing data in the relevant fields of the individual records and do not reflect deficiencies in the linkage process.