PMID- 28146165
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180313
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1980-5497 (Electronic)
IS  - 1415-790X (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016 Oct-Dec
TI  - Quality and completeness improvement of the Population-based Cancer Registry of 
      Sao Paulo: linkage technique use.
PG  - 753-765
LID - S1415-790X2016000400753 [pii]
LID - 10.1590/1980-5497201600040006 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to improve the quality of information and 
      data completeness through probabilistic and deterministic record linkage between 
      Population-based Cancer Registry of Sao Paulo (PBCR-SP) for incident cancer 
      cases, death database and drugs/medical procedures database. METHODS: We used the 
      database of the PBCRP-SP composed of 343,306 incident cancer cases in the 
      municipality of Sao Paulo in the period between 1997 and 2005 with ages raging 
      from under 1 to 106 years old, from both sexes. Three databases were used for 
      linkage, namely Improvement Program for Mortality Information in Sao Paulo city 
      (PRO-AIM), Authorization of Procedures of High Complexity/Cost of Outpatient 
      Information System from the Unified Health System (APAC-SIA/SUS), and Foundation 
      State System of Data Analysis (Foundation SEADE). Crude incidence (CIR) and 
      mortality rates (CMR) were calculated and overall survival analysis was performed 
      using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS: After record linkage, it was possible to 
      observe gain of 4.3% for the CIR and 25.8% for CMR. The overall survival analysis 
      showed that before record linkage there was an underestimation of the probability 
      of being alive for all variables (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The linkage techniques 
      contributed with the improvement of the quality of RCBP-SP information both on 
      completeness of data, as in defining the vital status of the patient. In 
      addition, the results found in this study reflect the ability of databases when 
      worked jointly, providing subsidies for various types of studies and information 
      for planning policies and strategic actions.
FAU - Peres, Stela Verzinhasse
AU  - Peres SV
AD  - Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo (SP), Brasil.
FAU - Latorre, Maria do Rosario Dias de Oliveira
AU  - Latorre MD
AD  - Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo (SP), Brasil.
FAU - Tanaka, Luana Fiengo
AU  - Tanaka LF
AD  - Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo (SP), Brasil.
FAU - Michels, Fernanda Alessandra Silva
AU  - Michels FA
AD  - Harvard University - Cambridge (MA), United States of America.
FAU - Teixeira, Monica La Porte
AU  - Teixeira MP
AD  - Fundacao Sistema Estadual de Analise de Dados - Sao Paulo (SP), Brasil.
FAU - Coeli, Claudia Medina
AU  - Coeli CM
AD  - Instituto de Estudos de Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - 
      Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
FAU - Almeida, Marcia Furquim de
AU  - Almeida MF
AD  - Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo (SP), Brasil.
LA  - por
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Melhora na qualidade e completitude da base de dados do Registro de Cancer de 
      Base Populacional do municipio de Sao Paulo: uso das tecnicas de linkage.
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Rev Bras Epidemiol
JT  - Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology
JID - 100954576
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - *Information Systems
MH  - Male
MH  - Neoplasms/*epidemiology
MH  - Registries/*standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Distribution
EDAT- 2017/02/02 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/02/02 06:00
PHST- 2015/09/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/05/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/02/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/02/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1415-790X2016000400753 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/1980-5497201600040006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2016 Oct-Dec;19(4):753-765. doi: 
      10.1590/1980-5497201600040006.