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Hospital-based
(institution-based) cancer registries maintain data
on all patients diagnosed and/or treated for cancer
at a particular facility. The focus of the hospital-based
(institution-based) cancer registry is on clinical care
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As stated, there are two sub-categories under hospital-based
(institution-based) registries: single hospital (single institution)
registries and collective (multi-institution) registries.
The primary goal of the single hospital (institution) registry
is to improve patient care by medical audit-type evaluation
of outcomes. Data collected by a single hospital (institution)
registry may be used for physician education, research, and
facility utilization review.
On the other hand, the primary goal of
collective (multi-institution) registries is to improve patient
care by supporting institutional registries with common standards
and pooled data. They often seek to establish the natural
history and etiology of the reported cancers.
Population-based registries record all
new cases in a defined population (such as a state) with an
emphasis on epidemiology and public health. In contrast to
hospital-based (institution-based) registries, they are designed
to determine cancer patterns among various populations or
sub-populations, to monitor cancer trends over time, to guide
planning and evaluation of cancer control efforts, to help
prioritize health resource allocations, and to advance clinical,
epidemiological, and health services research.
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