BMC Health Services Research · 2010 · 13 citations · 0 references
ComputingBiomedical InformaticsHealth InformaticsElectronic Health RecordsHealth Services ResearchHealthcare Quality ImprovementCancer RegistriesElectronic Health Record AnalyticsCancer Registry Data AnalysisCancer Registry Data QualityHealthcare Data QualityHealthcare Quality AnalyticsHospital Administrative Data QualityHospital Quality IndicatorsHospital-based Cancer RegistryIndicator Quality Assessment
This study assesses the feasibility of using hospital discharge data to identify women with incident breast cancer, and it evaluates the use of these data to assess compliance with an indicator of quality of care. The study’s goals are to: 1) compare breast cancer case-finding algorithms based upon ICD-9 CM codes found in hospital discharge data with cancer registry data and 2) compare the utility of these algorithms for use with a selected quality indicator.