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. 2023 Dec 25;52(6):e292-e300.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad148.

Data Resource Profile: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Data Connect

Alex Lee  1 , Damien McCarthy  1 , Rebecca J Bergin  1 , Allison Drosdowsky  1 , Javiera Martinez Gutierrez  1   2 , Chris Kearney  1 , Sally Philip  1 , Meena Rafiq  1   3 , Brent Venning  1 , Olivia Wawryk  1 , Jianrong Zhang  1 , Jon Emery  1
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Data Resource Profile: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Data Connect

Alex Lee et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Primary care data; cancer services research; data linkage.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Stages in the continuum of care and relevant data sources. Patron, University of Melbourne general practice database; VAED, Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset; VINAH, Victorian Integrated Non-Admitted Health dataset
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Distribution of patients by age and sex in MedicineInsight vs 2016 Census (left) and Patron vs 2016 Census (right). ABS, Australian Bureau of Statistics; Patron, University of Melbourne general practice database
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