The validity of hospital administrative data in monitoring variations in breast cancer surgery

Bibliographic Data

ID11019016
AuthorsL H Kahn (Columbia College), Jeffrey Blustein (0000-0001-8726-273X), Raymond R Arons (NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital), R Yee, Robert D Yee (NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital), S Shea, Steven M Shea (0000-0002-0360-4884, Columbia University)
Year1996
Volume86
Issue2
Pages243-245
Publication date1996-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.86.2.243
PMID8633744
OpenAlexW1978962598
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

To assess the validity of using hospital administrative data to measure variations in surgery for early-stage breast cancer, ICD-9-CM coded information was compared with corresponding tumor registry data for 1293 breast cancer patients undergoing lumpectomy or mastectomy at a tertiary referral center from January 1989 to October 1993. Relative to "gold standard" tumor registry data, the administrative data proved 83.4% sensitive and 80.4% specific in identifying women with localized disease who would be potential candidates for lumpectomy. The proportion of women with localized disease undergoing lumpectomy in groups defined by race and insurance status was nearly identical, whichever data were used. Administrative data, which is often readily and publicly available, may be useful in studying variations in breast cancer treatment in key demographic groups

Breast cancer · Cancer · Cancer registry · Disease · Family medicine · General surgery · Gynecology · Lumpectomy · Mastectomy · Referral · Breast Cancer Treatment Studies · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Internal Medicine · Medical Coding and Health Information · Medicine · Oncology

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