AIDS AND CANCER REGISTRY LINKAGE - MEASUREMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF REGISTRY COMPLETENESS

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作者
COTE, TR
OBRIEN, TR
WARD, JW
WILSON, SE
BLATTNER, WA
机构
[1] CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT,DIV HIV AIDS,DIV SURVEILLANCE,ATLANTA,GA 30341
[2] ATLANTIC RES CORP,ROCKVILLE,MD
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10.1006/pmed.1995.1061
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background and methods. To measure AIDS registry completeness for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and cancer registry completeness for KS and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), we linked AIDS and cancer registries at selected health departments. Results. We found 10,350 people with KS: 1,935 reported only to the AIDS registry, 1,428 reported only to the cancer registry, and 6,987 reported to both. Ninety-three cases of non-HIV-associated KS were expected. For KS, AIDS registry completeness was 84% [6,987/(6,987 + 1,428 - 93)] and cancer registry completeness was 78% [6,987/(6,987 + 1,935)]. Cancer registry completeness for AIDS-related NHL was 76%. Conclusion. If this linking were conducted nationally, about 5,700 additional cases of AIDS and 10,000 additional cases of AIDS-related cancers would be recorded. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.
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