Use of electronic medical records (EMR) for oncology outcomes research: Assessing the comparability of EMR information to patient registry and health claims data

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 259-272

  Lau, Edmund C ^a   Mowat, Fionna S ^a   Kelsh, Michael A ^a,b   Legg, Jason C ^b   Engel Nitz, Nicole M ^c   Watson, Heather N ^a   Collins, Helen L ^b   Nordyke, Robert J ^d,e   Whyte, Joanna L ^b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c i3 Innovus   (United States)

^d PriceSpective LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data generalizability; Electronic health records; Epidemiology; Health care claims data; Oncology research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 80955124079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S23690     Document Type: Article

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