Title |
Algorithm for analysis of administrative pediatric cancer hospitalization data according to indication for admission
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Published in |
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, October 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6947-14-88 |
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Authors |
Heidi V Russell, M Fatih Okcu, Kala Kamdar, Mona D Shah, Eugene Kim, J Michael Swint, Wenyaw Chan, Xianglin L Du, Luisa Franzini, Vivian Ho |
Abstract |
Childhood cancer relies heavily on inpatient hospital services to deliver tumor-directed therapy and manage toxicities. Hospitalizations have increased over the past decade, though not uniformly across childhood cancer diagnoses. Analysis of the reasons for admission of children with cancer could enhance comparison of resource use between cancers, and allow clinical practice data to be interpreted more readily. Such comparisons using nationwide data sources are difficult because of numerous subdivisions in the International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification (ICD-9) system and inherent complexities of treatments. This study aimed to develop a systematic approach to classifying cancer-related admissions in administrative data into categories that reflected clinical practice and predicted resource use. |
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