Identifying Specific Chemotherapeutic Agents in Medicare Data: A Validation Study
Hanna Kelly Sanoff, Jennifer Leigh Lund, Joan L. Warren, M. Alan Brookhart, Til Stürmer, Robert S. Sandler, Linda C. Harlan · Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) · 2020
Large healthcare databases are increasingly used to examine the dissemination and benefits and harms of chemotherapy treatment in routine practice, particularly among patients excluded from trials (e.g., the elderly). Misclassification of chemotherapy could bias estimates of frequency and association, warranting an updated assessment.