Unit Review (Introduction to Casefinding)
Here is what we have learned from this unit:
- Casefinding is a system for locating every patient-inpatient
or outpatient, public or private-who is diagnosed and/or
treated with a reportable diagnosis.
- All registries must perform case finding, including hospital-specific
and central or population-based registries. Although these
registries may use different source documents, the procedures
involved in their casefinding cycles are similar.
- In the casefinding process, a suspense file is kept so
that the status of casefinding can be ascertained at any
time.
- The criteria for eligible cases in a registry depend upon
the governing agencies of the registry.
- Most government agencies only require malignant (ICD-O
behavior code 2 and 3) cases to be included in the registry.
However, hospital cancer committees or even central registries
may require the registry to include benign or borderline/uncertain
cases.
- The cancer committee must decide the data set and policy
as to whether patient follow-up is done.
Quiz
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