Sensitivity and specificity of breast cancer ICD-9-CM codes in three Italian administrative healthcare databases: a diagnostic accuracy study.

Iosief AbrahaDiego SerrainoAlessandro MontedoriMario FuscoGianni GiovanniniPaola CasucciFrancesco CozzolinoMassimiliano OrsoAnnalisa GranataMarcello De GiorgiPaolo CollarileRita ChiariJennifer FogliettaMaria Francesca VitaleFabrizio StracciWalter OrlandiEttore Bidolinull null

Published in: BMJ open (2018)

Administrative healthcare databases from Umbria, NA and FVG are accurate in identifying hospitalised news cases of carcinoma of the breast. The proposed case definition is a powerful tool to perform research on large populations of newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer.

Keyphrases

healthcare
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young adults
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community acquired pneumonia
affordable care act
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