Intended versus inferred care after PET performed for initial staging in the National Oncologic PET Registry.

ABSTRACT:

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The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) collected data on intended management before and after PET in cancer patients. We have previously reported that PET was associated with a change in intended management of about one third of patients and was consistent across cancer types. It is uncertain if intended management plans reflect the actual care these patients received. One approach to assess actual care received is using administrative claims to categorize the type and timing of clinical services.

Methods

NOPR data from 2006 to 2008 were linked to Medicare claims for consenting patients aged 65 y or older undergoing initial-staging PET scanning for bladder, ovarian, pancreatic, small cell lung, or stomach cancers. We determined the 60-d agreement between claim

SUBMITTER: Hillner BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3851922 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature