Table 2.

Fixed- and Variable-Cost Registry Activities.

Fixed-Cost Registry Activities
Management	Reporting requirements
Administration	Outreach
Training of registry staff	Liaising with stakeholders
IT support
Variable Cost: Core Registry Activities
Case ascertainment	Data validation
Death certificate clearance	Developing analytic files
Data collection and abstraction	Database management
	Data analysis and reporting/tabulation
Data entry	Quality assurance
Coding	Sharing cases
Variable Cost: Other Registry Activities
Developing proposals for funding	Implementing an inquiry response system
Electronic case reporting and data encryption	Research studies and advanced analysis using registry data
Automatic case finding using electronic linkage	Publication of research studies using registry data
Linking records to other databases	Active follow-up
Training of others by registry staff