A comparison of the cancer incidence rates between the national cancer registry and insurance claims data in korea

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6163-6168

  Seo, Hee Jung ^a   Oh, In Hwan ^b   Yoon, Seok Jun ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Claims data; Incidence rate; Korea; National cancer registry

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; SOUTH KOREA;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84877073659     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.12.6163     Document Type: Article

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