Identifying incident colorectal and lung cancer cases in health service utilisation databases in Australia: a validation study.
David E GoldsburyMarianne WeberSarsha YapEmily BanksDianne L O'ConnellKaren CanfellPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2017)
In NSW, identifying new cases of colorectal and lung cancer from administrative health datasets, such as hospital records, is a feasible alternative when cancer registry data are not available. However, the strengths and limitations of the different data sources should be borne in mind.