Determining the Incidence of Adult Fractures: How Accurate Are Emergency Department Data?

Table 2

The PPV of a correct ED diagnosis according to injury type diagnosis, made by the referring ED clinician, and arranged in order of descending percentage PPV.

ED injury type	Total	Correct (𝑛)	Incorrect (𝑛)	PPV (%)	𝑃 value^**
Wounding	17	17	0	100	0.028
STI	854	841	13	98.5	<0.0001
Dislocation	464	429	35	92.4	<0.0001
Rupture	172	142	30	82.6	0.145
Fracture	5,695	4,204	1,491	73.8	<0.0001
Other	247	182	65	73.7	0.068

^**Chi-Square tests.