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Birth certificate-Hospital   enters info, gets dr. signature; files with local registrar within 5 days  
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Birth certificate-Physician   Supplies med info and signs within 72 hrs.  
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Birth Certificate-Local Registrar   Checks for accuracy, affixes identfication, gives it a local file number, retains a copy, sends original to state registrar  
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Birth Certificate-State Registrar and Center for Health Statistics   Checks for missing info, numbers the record, microfilms and codes, incorporate into state vital statistics records system  
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Death Certificate-Certifying Physician   Completes and signs within 48 hrs after death,gives certificate to funeral director  
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Death Certificate-Hospital Authorities   May initiate cert., enters full name, sex, date and place of death; makes sure drs. signature is present; gives partially completed certificate to funeral director  
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Death Certificate-Funeral Director   Completes death certificate; files with local registrar of district in which death occurred and obtains burial-transit permit  
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Death Certificate-Local Registrar   Checks for accuracy; affixes his/her identification to the record; records date; gives it a local file number; retains a copy; sends original to state registrar by the fourth of following month  
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Death Certificate-State Registrar and Center for Health Statistics   Checks for inaccuracy; numbers the record; microfilms and codes; incorporate into the vital records system  
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Fetal Death Report-Hospital and Physician   Prepares report; sends to state registrar within 5 days of delivery  
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Fetal Death Report-Office of the State Registrar and Center for Health Statistics   Reviews; numbers it; not incorporated into vital records sytem  
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Burial Transit Permit for Adult   Presents evidence to local registrar; issues permit to his/her self if office is closed during 72 hrs. following death; mailed to local registrar  
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Burial Transit Permit-Local Registrar   Issues permit upon evidence that death occured in their district  
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Burial Transit Permit for Disposition of a Dead Fetus-Hospital, Funeral Director, or facility accepting the fetus   complete permit prior to final disposition; parent signature required; retains permit for 7 years; permit is not filed with local or state registrar  
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What are pie charts used for?   Displaying percentage distributions  
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Where does the biggest section of the pie go?   Upper right hand quadrant  
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What is discrete data?   numbers are whole  
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What is continuous data?   numbers can be decimals  
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What kind of numbers are discrete?   nominal and ordinal  
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What numbers are continuous?   Interval and ratio  
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Nominal measurements   no relationship between values  
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Ordinal measurements   show order of a relationship but does not give the exact size difference  
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Interval measures   indicate size of difference between values  
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Ratio measures   same as interval but has an exact zero  
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What numbers are used for bar graphs?   Nominal and ordinal  
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What numbers are used for line graphs?   Interval and Ratio  
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Does the independent variable ever change?   No  
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Does the dependent variable ever change?   Yes  
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Where does the x-axis go?   On the horizontal  
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Where does the y-axis go?   On the vertical  
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What do you include on the graph?   Title,caption for x and y axis, time period of data, total number of observations, keys or legends  
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What do you use Histograms for?   Interval data that is discrete or continuous variables which have been grouped  
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Do pie charts have to equal an amount?   Yes, 100%  
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What do line graphs show?   Patterns over time  
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With line graphs, what do the variables on each axis have to be?   Continuous  
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AJCC   American Joint Committee On Cancer  
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Accession Number   # given to each patient entered into a cancer registry data base  
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Analytic   Cancer cases initially diagnosed and treated at a facility  
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Nonanalytic   Cancer cases diagnosed at another facility and are not included in registry of current facility  
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Cancer Committee   Group that directs cancer services in a facility  
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Cancer Conference   Tumor board; discuss dx and treatment of cancer patients  
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COC   Commission on Cancer  
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What is the COC?   division of the ASC, oversees cancer control  
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What is the target rate for follow-up cases?   at least 90%  
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Within what time period do registries have to perform follow-ups?   within 15 months  
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What is used to code cancer?   ICD -O-2, 3  
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What is ICD -O - 2 based on?   ICD - 10 - CM  
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Morphology?   Describes type of tumor  
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Staging?   Conveys the extent of cancer  
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SEER   Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program  
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TNM   type of staging classification: tumor, lymph node involvement, and metastisis  
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What are cancer Registries used for?   To care for cancer patients, improve the dx and treatment of cancer  
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National Cancer Act of 1971   mandated the collection, analysis, and treatment of cancer  
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Who do Hospital-Based Cancer Registries get approved from?   ACS  
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What did the ASC set the stanard for?   Medical Records  
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Who is the forerunner of JCAHO?   ACS  
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Patient Index of database development   name,sex, ACCESSION NUMBER  
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Cancer casefinding   develop procedures to id every reportable case of cancer  
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Multiple sources of casefinding?   HIM - disease index or flag, pathology reports  
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How does HIM know to flag certain cases?   Dx code  
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Accession register   Annual listing of all cancer cases entered into database; when entered is given number  
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What else does the accession register help with?   determines workload  
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When must abstracting be done?   within 6 months from date of initial discharge  
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Topograhy   anatomical site  
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How long are patients followed up when in a registry?   entire life  
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How often does a facility have to follow-up cancer patients?   annually  
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Methods of follow - up?   letters to physician, patient, families  
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What is grading?   looks at tumor; grades as to differentiation  
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Is it good to have a poorly differentiated tumor?   no  
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Show successful do follow-up have to be?   90%  
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What is the Cancer Committee responsible for?   overviews the medical review of registry  
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ACS recommends random reviews of accessioned cases. What kind?   A smattering of all  
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When does the annual report of the cancer registry have to be done?   November 1 of following year  
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What needs to be included in the annual report?   in-depth report on at least one major site, with survival analysis  
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Can Cancer Committees hire/fire?   No  
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What credential can a HIM person get for cancer registries   CTR - Certified Tumor Registrar  
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Who sets the standards for cancer registries?   COC  
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Who oversees Trauma Registries?   ASC  
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AIS   Abbreviated Injury Scale  
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What does the AIS do?   gives a # assignment for nature of injury  
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Injury Severity Score   overall measurement score for the 3 most severe injuries of patient  
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Laterality   what side or both sides  
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Confirmation of cancer?   histology, cytology, radiology  
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