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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2014 May;52(5):e30–e38. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825a8c22

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients sampled for assessment of claims-based algorithm performance compared with eligible patients and full cohort

Characteristic Chart-review
patients
(N=400)
Chart-review
eligible patients
(N=6,460)
All Patients

(N=13,472)
Mean Age at Diagnosis (SD, median) 65 (14, 65) 60 (14, 58) 61 (13, 61)
Age ≥ 65 Years (n, %) 207 (52%) 2326 (36%) 5521 (41%)
Year of Cancer Diagnosis (n, %)
   1999 28 (7%) 644 (10%) 1281 (10%)
   2000 40 (10%) 593 (9%) 1268 (9%)
   2001 41 (10%) 720 (11%) 1595 (12%)
   2002 44 (11%) 727 (11%) 1608 (12%)
   2003 38 (10%) 714 (11%) 1520 (11%)
   2004 42 (11%) 702 (11%) 1394 (10%)
   2005 63 (16%) 769 (12%) 1564 (12%)
   2006 59 (15%) 770 (12%) 1606 (12%)
   2007 45 (11%) 821 (13%) 1636 (12%)
Charlson score
   0 229 (57%) 4506 (70%) 9340 (69%)
   1 46 (12%) 883 (14%) 1925 (14%)
   2 53 (13%) 640 (10%) 1393 (10%)
   3+ 72 (18%) 431 (7%) 814 (6%)
Race (n, %)
   White 299 (79%) 5331 (84%) 11312 (86%)
   Black/African American 67 (18%) 735 (12%) 1336 (10%)
   Other 15 (4%) 259 (4%) 550 (4%)
Worst AJCC stage (n, %)
   1 48 (16%) 520 (10%) 6354 (55%)
   2a 126 (41%) 2575 (47%) 2601 (23%)
   2b 56 (18%) 1108 (20%) 1110 (10%)
   3/4 75 (25%) 1281 (23%) 1467 (13%)
   Unknown 95 976 1940
Surgical treatment (n, %) 324 (81%) 6089 (95%) 12812 (95%)
Radiation treatment (n, %) 141 (39%) 3315 (42%) 7486 (57%)
Chemotherapy treatment
   None 157 (39%) 1827 (28%) 6240 (46%)
   Anthracycline only 78 (20%) 2937 (46%) 3847 (27%)
   Trastuzumab only 6 (2%) 98 (2%) 157 (1%)
   Anthracycline + trastuzumab 74 (19%) 385 (6%) 470 (4%)
   Other 85 (21%) 1213 (19%) 2748 (20%)