Validation of an Algorithm for Claims-based Incidence of Prostate Cancer.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer is a commonly studied outcome in administrative claims studies, but there is a dearth of validated case identifying algorithms. The long-term development of the disease increases the difficulty in separating prevalent from incident prostate cancer. The purpose of this validation study was to assess the accuracy of a claims algorithm to identify incident prostate cancer among men in commercial and Medicare Advantage US health plans. METHODS:We identified prostate cancer in claims as a prostate cancer diagnosis within 28 days after a prostate biopsy and compared case ascertainment in the claims with the gold standard results from the Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry (GCCR). RESULTS:We identified 74,008 men from a large health plan claims database for possible

SUBMITTER: Parlett LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6456424 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature