Case Fatality Within 30 Days After Surgery for Colon or Rectal Cancer
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Setting-Specific Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Case fatality within 30 and 90 days after primary tumour-directed surgery for colorectal cancer.
Numerator
Number of patients with primary diagnosis of (A) colon cancer (B) rectal cancer in a specified year that died within 30-/90- days after radical colorectal surgery.
Denominator
Number of patients with primary diagnosis of (A) colon cancer (B) rectal cancer in the specified year, and a radical colorectal surgery performed. (in case of multiple colorectal cancer diagnoses in one patient, only the first diagnosis is kept)
Exclusions
• Patients without official residence in Belgium at date of diagnosis • Patients with no social security number (INSZ – NISS) known • Patients with no IMA data available in incidence year
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
By cancer type (colon, rectal), region (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels) and days post-surgery (30, 90).
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Belgian Cancer Registry, Kruispuntbank - Banque Carrefour
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Performance of the Belgian Health System annual report