Evaluation of data quality in the cancer registry: Principles and methods. Part I: Comparability, validity and timeliness

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 747-755

  Bray, Freddie ^a,b   Parkin, D Max ^c,d  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Comparability; Completeness; Data quality; Quality control; Timeliness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COMPARABILITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PARAMETER; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TIMELINESS; VALIDITY;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 61449240011     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.032     Document Type: Article

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