Use of administrative hospital registry data and a civil registry to measure survival and other outcomes after cancer

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages 1-2

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Lash, Timothy L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLICATION;

EID: 80955160009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s22509     Document Type: Editorial

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