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Table 2 General practitioner study form return rates and analysable data by HES diagnostic groups

From: Vascular disease in women: comparison of diagnoses in hospital episode statistics and general practice records in England

 

HES Diagnosis (ICD-10 code)

 

Ischaemic Heart Disease (I20-I25)

Venous Thromboembolism (I26, I80-I82)

Cerebrovascular Disease (G45, I60-I69)

No Vascular Disease

Study forms sent to general practitioners

N=1004

N=1004

N=1004

N=997

Study forms returned

90.4% (908)

90.3% (907)

90.1% (905)

92.1% (918)

% of returned study forms with analysable diagnostic data

87.7% (796)

83.9% (761)

84.7% (766)

94.1% (864)

  1. HES: hospital episode statistics; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases (10th Revision).