Hospital‐activity data inaccurate for determining spread‐of‐disease at diagnosis for non‐small cell lung cancer

Abstract Objective: Accurate information on spread‐of‐disease at diagnosis would increase the usefulness of hospital‐activity data for cancer research. This study evaluates the accuracy of codes recorded in hospital‐activity data to assign spread‐of‐disease at diagnosis for non‐small cell lung cance...

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Main Authors: Bridie Thompson, Melanie Watson, Rayleen Bowman, Kwun Fong, Michael Coory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-06-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00850.x