2.
PPV of NCMS claims in identifying cancer patients in 2017
| Variables | Anyang Cancer Hospital | Hua County People’s Hospital | |||||||
| n (%) | Correctly
identified |
PPV
[% (95% CI)] |
P | n (%) | Correctly
identified |
PPV
[% (95% CI)] |
P | ||
| PPV, positive predictive value; NCMS, New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; *, Lung cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer and breast cancer are classified as common cancer sites. | |||||||||
| Total | 1,200
(100.0) |
1,173 | 97.8
(96.7, 98.5) |
300
(100.0) |
267 | 89.0
(84.9, 92.3) |
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| Age (year) | 0.975 | 0.379 | |||||||
| <65 | 759
(63.3) |
742 | 97.8
(96.4, 98.7) |
142
(47.3) |
124 | 87.3
(80.7, 92.3) |
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| ≥65 | 441
(36.7) |
431 | 97.7
(95.9, 98.9) |
158
(52.7) |
143 | 90.5
(84.8, 94.6) |
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| Gender | 0.879 | 0.160 | |||||||
| Male | 506
(42.2) |
495 | 97.8
(96.1, 98.9) |
125
(41.7) |
115 | 92.0
(85.8, 96.1) |
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| Female | 694
(57.8) |
678 | 97.7
(96.3, 98.7) |
175
(58.3) |
152 | 86.9
(80.9, 91.5) |
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| NCMS cancer site | <0.001 | 0.097 | |||||||
| Common* | 896
(74.7) |
884 | 98.7
(97.7, 99.3) |
202
(67.3) |
184 | 91.1
(86.3, 94.6) |
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| Other | 304
(25.3) |
289 | 95.1
(92.0, 97.2) |
98
(32.7) |
83 | 84.7
(76.0, 91.2) |
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