Implementation of an algorithm for the identification of breast cancer deaths in German health insurance claims data: a validation study based on a record linkage with administrative mortality data

OBJECTIVE: To adapt a Canadian algorithm for the identification of female cases of breast cancer (BC) deaths to German health insurance claims data and to test and validate the algorithm by comparing results with official cause of death (CoD) data on the individual and the population level. DESIGN:...

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Autores principales: Langner, Ingo, Ohlmeier, Christoph, Haug, Ulrike, Hense, Hans Werner, Czwikla, Jonas, Zeeb, Hajo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31350240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026834

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31350240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026834

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