Vilma S Santana1, Eduardo Algranti2, Felipe Campos1, Franciana Cavalcante1, Leonardo Salvi1, Simone A Santos3, Rosemeire N Inamine3, William Souza1, Dario Consonni4. 1. Program of Environmental and Workers' Health, Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, University Campus of Canela, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 2. Fundacentro, Ministry of Labor, São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Reference Center of Workers' Health, State Health Department of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 4. Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In Brazil, underreporting of mesothelioma and cancer of the pleura (MCP) is suspected to be high. Records from death certificates (SIM) and hospital registers (SIH-SUS) can be combined to recover missing data but only anonymous databases are available. This study shows how common data can be used for linkage and as an assessment of accuracy. METHODS: Mesothelioma (all sites, ICD-10 codes C45.0-C45.9) and cancer of the pleura (C38.4) were retrieved from both information systems and combined using a linkage algorithm. Accuracy was examined with non-anonymous databases, limited to the state of São Paulo. RESULTS: We found 775 cases in death certificates and 283 in hospital registers. The linkage matched 57 cases, all accurately paired. Three cases, 0.4% in SIM and 1.3% in SIH-SUS, could not be matched because of data inconsistencies. CONCLUSIONS: A computer linkage can recover MCP cases from hospital records not found in death certificates in Brazil.
BACKGROUND: In Brazil, underreporting of mesothelioma and cancer of the pleura (MCP) is suspected to be high. Records from death certificates (SIM) and hospital registers (SIH-SUS) can be combined to recover missing data but only anonymous databases are available. This study shows how common data can be used for linkage and as an assessment of accuracy. METHODS:Mesothelioma (all sites, ICD-10 codes C45.0-C45.9) and cancer of the pleura (C38.4) were retrieved from both information systems and combined using a linkage algorithm. Accuracy was examined with non-anonymous databases, limited to the state of São Paulo. RESULTS: We found 775 cases in death certificates and 283 in hospital registers. The linkage matched 57 cases, all accurately paired. Three cases, 0.4% in SIM and 1.3% in SIH-SUS, could not be matched because of data inconsistencies. CONCLUSIONS: A computer linkage can recover MCP cases from hospital records not found in death certificates in Brazil.
Authors: Eduardo Algranti; Vilma S Santana; Felipe Campos; Leonardo Salvi; Cézar A Saito; Franciana Cavalcante; Heleno R Correa-Filho Journal: Saf Health Work Date: 2022-05-06
Authors: Cézar Akiyoshi Saito; Marco Antonio Bussacos; Leonardo Salvi; Carolina Mensi; Dario Consonni; Fernando Timoteo Fernandes; Felipe Campos; Franciana Cavalcante; Eduardo Algranti Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-03-19 Impact factor: 3.390