For many decades, cancer registries have been a cornerstone in monitoring cancer occurrence in different populations. Cancer registries in the Nordic countries are characterized by a high level of completeness and excellent data quality. 1 Cancer diagnoses are often validated through several procedures, with documentation of clinical evidence for the diagnosis. Cancer registries have proven ver...

Correspondence: Mette Søgaard Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Sdr Skovvej 15, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark Tel +45 99 326 900 Fax +45 99 326 914 Email [email protected] Abstract: Population-based cancer registries play a key role in cancer monitoring, and their utility relies heavily on the completeness and validity of the registered data. It is crucial to reduce in...

We previously developed a deterministic record linkage algorithm demonstrating sensitivities approaching 90% while maintaining 100% specificity. Substantially better performance has been reported using probabilistic linkage techniques; however, such methods often incorporate human review into the process. To avoid human review, we employed an estimator function using the Expectation Maximizatio...

Methods Demographic data of FMF patients, followed in the national FMF center at Sheba medical center (n=8352) and Hadassah Medical Center (n=1083) were obtained from FMF patient hospital registries. The prevalence of cancer in the general population, and in the study registries was attained from the cancer registry of Israel and analyzed according to age, origin, and cancer type. The Standardi...

AIM To evaluate changes in management practices and its influence on short term hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admitted during two different time periods, 2007 and 2004. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied AMI patients from two acute coronary syndrome registries carried out in Kuwait in 2007 and 2004. We included 1872 and 1197 patients from the 2007 and 2004 r...

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality, with 10 million deaths in 2020. With the number people impacted by cancer projected to increase, better-integrated care needed. Evidence suggests that Hospital-Based Registries (HBCRs) collect administrative and clinical data could improve integrated equitable evidence-based care. However, state HBCR’s role delivery for improved health outcomes, particula...

OBJECTIVES Comprehensive nationwide monitoring and evaluation of screening through registry-based review of key indicators is necessary for programme optimization, especially as new tests and strategies are introduced. We aimed to investigate and report on the use of these key indicators in the Swedish programme. SETTING AND METHODS Organized population-based cervical screening targeting wome...