Flow chart of patients and hospital stays included in the analyses between 2008 and 2013.

<p>* Hospital stays related to mRCC are defined by the combination of two set of codes for renal cell carcinoma and for metastases (Primary Diagnosis (PD) = C64 or Related Diagnosis (RD) = C64 or Significant Associated Diagnosis (SAD) = C64) and ((PD = C77 or or C78 or C79) or (RD = C77 or C78 or C79) or (SAD = C77 or C78 or C79)). ** Patients for whom a hospitalisation related to mRCC or a code of metastases were identified in the previous year, or where both metastases and renal cell carcinoma were coded as an SAD (SAD = C64 + SAD = (C77 or C78 or C79)).