作者
Mike Z Yang, Raymond Liu, Julie Von Behren, Katherine Lin, Alyce S Adams, Lawrence H Kushi, Charles P Quesenberry Jr, Jeffrey B Velotta, Melisa L Wong, Kelly C Young-Wolff, Scarlett L Gomez, Salma Shariff-Marco, Lori C Sakoda
发表日期
2024/6/12
期刊
The Permanente Journal
页码范围
1-10
出版商
The Permanente Press
简介
Introduction
Observational research is important for understanding the real-world benefits of advancements in lung cancer care. Integrated health care systems, such as Kaiser Permanente Northern California, have extensive electronic health records suitable for such research, but the generalizability of their populations is often questioned.
Methods
Leveraging data from the California Cancer Registry, the authors compared distributions of demographic and clinical characteristics, in addition to neighborhood and environmental conditions, between patients diagnosed with lung cancer from 2015 through 2019 at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers (NCICCs), and all other non-NCICC hospitals within the same catchment area.
Results
Of 20,178 included patients, 30% were from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 8% from NCICCs, and 62% from other …
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