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
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).
Data 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