Accuracy of colorectal cancer ICD-9-CM codes in Italian administrative healthcare databases: a cross-sectional diagnostic study.
Francesco CozzolinoEttore BidoliIosief AbrahaMario FuscoGianni GiovanniniPaola CasucciMassimiliano OrsoAnnalisa GranataMarcello De GiorgiPaolo CollarileValerio CiulloMaria Francesca VitaleRoberto CirocchiWalter OrlandiDiego SerrainoAlessandro Montedorinull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Administrative databases in Italy can be a valuable tool for cancer surveillance as well as monitoring geographical and temporal variation of cancer practice.