Linkage between Utah All Payers Claims Database and Central Cancer Registry.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Garvin, Jennifer Hornung; Herget, Kimberly A.; Hashibe, Mia; Kirchhoff, Anne C.; Hawley, Charles W.; Bolton, Dan; Sweeney, Carol
- Source
- Health Services Research. Jun2019, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p707-713. 7p. 2 Charts, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *LEGAL claims
*SECONDARY analysis
*DATABASES
*CANCER
*ACQUISITION of data
- Language
- ISSN
- 0017-9124
Objective: To evaluate the linkage of claims from the Utah All Payers Claims Database (APCD) and Utah Cancer Registry (UCR).Data Sources: Secondary data from 2013 and 2014 Utah APCD and 2013 UCR cases.Study Design: This is a descriptive analysis of the quality of linkage between APCD claims data and cancer registry cases.Data Collection/extraction Methods: We used the LinkPlus software to link Utah APCD and UCR data.Principal Findings: We were able to link 82.4 percent (9441/11 453) of the UCR reportable cancer cases with APCD claims. Of those linked, 66 percent were perfect matches.Conclusions: The quality of identifiers is high, evidence that claims data can potentially supplement cancer registry data for use in research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]