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Table 3 Diagnostic procedures, treatment procedures and comorbidities recorded in the NSW Lung Cancer Patterns of Care Study and the APDC (n=1580)

From: Using administrative health data to describe colorectal and lung cancer care in New South Wales, Australia: a validation study

 

Lung cancer survey

APDC

Sensitivitya

Specificitya

 

n

%

n

%

%

%

Diagnostic investigations b

1561

99

1045

66

66

47

 Chest CT scan

1430

91

430

27

27

74

 Chest x-ray

1405

89

0

0

0

100

 Brain CT scan

461

29

283

18

34

90

 Bone scan

495

31

182

12

26

95

 Bronchoscopy

805

51

563

36

65

95

 Biopsy

664

42

671

42

64

73

Resection of primary cancer

262

17

256

16

92

99

 Pneumonectomy

45

3

39

2

78

100

 Lobectomy

198

13

153

10

70

99

 Other resection

25

2

74

5

76

96

Other treatment

      

Chemotherapy

478

30

230

15

36

96

Radiotherapy

626

40

222

14

30

96

Comorbidities

      

COPD

599

38

295

19

35

91

Diabetes

164

10

152

10

74

98

Heart disease

363

23

137

9

25

96

One or more of the above

836

53

472

30

45

87

  1. APDC: Admitted Patient Data Collection.
  2. COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  3. a Sensitivity and specificity of the APDC compared with the lung cancer survey.
  4. b Includes chest CT, chest x-ray, brain CT, bone scan, bronchoscopy, and biopsy.