Novel Algorithm for the Estimation of Cancer Incidence Using Claims Data in Japan: A Feasibility Study.
Toshio OgawaHirokazu TakahashiHiroshi SaitoMotoyasu SagawaDaisuke AokiKazuo MatsudaTomio NakayamaYoshio KasaharaKatsuaki KatoEiko Saitoh AokiTohru MorisadaKumiko SaikaNorie SawadaYasushi MatsumuraTomotaka SobuePublished in: JCO global oncology (2023)
The novel algorithms are effective for extracting information about patients with cancer from claims data by using the combined information on diagnosis, procedures, and medicines (algorithm 2), with 2-year cancer-treatment history as an exclusion criterion (extract 2).