Quality of urological cancer diagnoses in the Danish National Registry of Patients

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-551

  Gammelager, Henrik ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a   Johansen, Martin Berg ^a   Borre, Michael ^a   Schoonen, Marieke ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AMGEN LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completeness; Data quality; Epidemiology; Hospital registry diagnosis; ICD 10; Male genital neoplasms; Positive predictive value; Sensitivity; Urologic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TESTIS CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867009625     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328351c680     Document Type: Article

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