Is hospital discharge administrative data an appropriate source of information for cancer registries purposes? Some insights from four Spanish registries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bernal Delgado E, Enrique ^a   Martos, Carmen ^b   Martínez, Natalia ^a   Chirlaque, María Dolores ^d,f   Mrquez, Mirari ^d,f   Navarro, Carmen ^d,f   Hernando, Lauro ^d   Palomar, Joaquín ^d   Izarzugaza, Isabel ^c,f   Larrãaga, Nerea ^c   Mokoroa, Olatz ^c   Tobalina, M Cres ^c   Bidaurrazaga, Joseba ^c   Snchez, María José ^e,f   Martínez, Carmen ^e,f   Rodríguez, Miguel ^e,f   Pérez, Esther ^e,f   Chang, Yoe Ling ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b Cancer Registry of Zaragoza   (Spain)

^c Basque Country Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 77949420643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-9     Document Type: Article

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