Realising opportunities for evidence-based cancer service delivery and research: Linking cancer registry and administrative data in Australia

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 721-727

  Roder, D M ^a,b   Fong, K M ^c   Brown, M P ^a,d   Zalcberg, J ^e   Wainwright, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Data access; Data linkage; Health service management; Privacy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER;

AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84909944412     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12242     Document Type: Editorial

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