Consistency and accuracy of diagnostic cancer codes generated by automated registration: Comparison with manual registration

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tagliabue, Giovanna ^a   Maghini, Anna ^a   Fabiano, Sabrina ^a   Tittarelli, Andrea ^a   Frassoldi, Emanuela ^a   Costa, Enrica ^a   Nobile, Silvia ^a   Codazzi, Tiziana ^a   Crosignani, Paolo ^a   Tessandori, Roberto ^b   Contiero, Paolo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Sondrio   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT CODING; SOCIAL SECURITY; THYROID CANCER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33749514963     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-4-10     Document Type: Article

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