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Table 1
Features of hospital discharge records (HDRs) with the 124 code (for trichinellosis) downloaded from the Italian Ministry of Health website for the period 2005–2016.
| HDR features | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Records with the 124 code erroneously reported due to: | 72 (70.6) |
| – Typing errors | 43 (42.1) |
| – Use of a new HDR code for the hospital readmission of trichinellosis cases at follow-up | 8 (7.8) |
| – Inadequate diagnostic toolsa | 5 (4.9) |
| – Presence of only eosinophilia | 5 (4.9) |
| – Absence of clarity between the genus name Trichuris and Trichinella | 4 (3.9) |
| – Serum sample(s) tested by unreliable commercial kit | 4 (3.9) |
| – Absence of clarity between trichilemmoma and trichinellosis | 2 (1.9) |
| – Absence of clarity between trichiasis and trichinosis | 1 (0.9) |
| Records correctly reporting the 124 code | 30 (29.4) |
| Total records | 102 (100) |
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