A high positive predictive value algorithm using hospital administrative data identified incident cancer cases

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-379

  Baldi, Ileana ^a   Vicari, Piera ^b   Di Cuonzo, Daniela ^a   Zanetti, Roberto ^b   Pagano, Eva ^a   Rosato, Rosalba ^a   Sacerdote, Carlotta ^a   Segnan, Nereo ^b   Merletti, Franco ^a   Ciccone, Giovannino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Cancer Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Hospital discharges; Lung cancer; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39649120542     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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