Using administrative data to identify and stage breast cancer cases: Implications for assessing quality of care

Tumori

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-435

  Yuen, Elaine ^a,b   Louis, Daniel ^a   Cisbani, Luca ^c   Rabinowitz, Carol ^a   De Palma, Rossana ^c   Maio, Vittorio ^a,b   Leoni, Maurizio ^c,d   Grilli, Roberto ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile Ravenna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case finding; Epidemiology; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CASE FINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE DATA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053643543     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161109700403     Document Type: Article

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