You have been asked to identify every reportable case of cancer from the previous year. A key

resource will be the facility's
A. disease index. C. physicians' index.
B. number control index. D. patient index.

A The major sources of case findings for cancer registry programs are the pathology department, the
disease index, and the logs of patients treated in radiology and other outpatient departments. The
number index identifies new health record numbers and the patients to whom they were
assigned. The physicians' index identifies all patients treated by each doctor. The patient index
links each patient treated in a facility with the health number under which the clinical information
can be located.