Table 4

Factors that predict positive agreement between self-report and hospital data, using multilevel modelling, all public and private hospitals in New South Wales, Australia (n=313)

Hypertension (N=15 279)Diabetes (N=4794)Heart disease (N=8307)Stroke (N=2480)Smoking (N=2099)Obesity (N=8162)
Person-level variables
 Sex†******
 Age†******
 Education†*****
 Country of birth†
 Functional limitation†******
 Income†
 Admission type‡************
 Emergency status‡**********
Hospital-level variables
 Hospital type (public/private)§******
 Hospital remoteness§*
 Hospital depth of coding§************
 Hospital peer group§********
  • *Significant at 5% level.

  • **Significant at 1% level.

  • †Model 0: adjusted for demographic factors+random intercept for hospital.

  • ‡Model 0+admission type+emergency status.

  • §Model 0+hospital-level variables (entered one at a time).