Table 2 Validation of the algorithm used to identify relapses in claims data
Relapses identified in the ACTUR (cancer registry) | Relapse algorithm validation statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Relapse | No relapse | Total | ||
Relapses identified in the claims data with the claims based algorithm | ||||
Relapse | True positive N = 26 | False positive N = 59 | 85 | 90.1 % relapses correctly identified |
No relapse | False negative | True negative | 539 | 89.7 % sensitivity |
N = 3 | N = 536 | 90.1 % specificity | ||
Total | 29 | 595 | 624 | |