Using administrative health data to describe colorectal and lung cancer care in New South Wales, Australia: A validation study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Goldsbury, David E ^a   Armstrong, Katie ^a   Simonella, Leonardo ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   Oconnell, Dianne L ^a,b,c,d  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Comorbidities; Disease stage; Investigative procedures; Linked data; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84868564918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-387     Document Type: Article

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