Term: Cancer Diagnoses Agreement

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2016-01-21

Definition:

This statistical method investigates the diagnostic validity / level of agreement between the patient's cancer diagnoses found in the Manitoba Cancer Registry data compared to the patient's cancer diagnosis appearing in the Hospital Abstracts data or the Medical Services (Physician Claims) data. Three different time frames were investigated:

• within one month before and after date of diagnosis in the Cancer Registry;
  
• within six months before and after date of diagnosis; and
  
• within one year before and after date of diagnosis.

Related concepts 

• Cancer Diagnoses Validity / Agreement In Administrative Health Data

Related terms 

• Hospital Abstracts Data
• Manitoba Cancer Registry and Treatment Data
• Medical Services / Medical Claims Data

References 

• Lix L, Smith M, Pitz M, Ahmed R, Quon H, Griffith J, Turner D, Hong S, Prior H, Banerjee A, Koseva I, Kulbaba C. Cancer Data Linkage in Manitoba: Expanding the Infrastructure for Research. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2016. [Report] [Summary] (View)