Reproducibility, reliability and validity of population-based administrative health data for the assessment of cancer non-related comorbidities.

BACKGROUND:Patients with comorbidities do not receive optimal treatment for their cancer, leading to lower cancer survival. Information on individual comorbidities is not straightforward to derive from population-based administrative health datasets. We described the development of a reproducible al...

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Main Authors: Camille Maringe, Helen Fowler, Bernard Rachet, Miguel Angel Luque-Fernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5338773?pdf=render