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Sensitivity Rates of Mortality Data by Selected Subgroups and Source for Veterans, 1999 – 2002 |
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| Subgroups |
N (%) |
Sensitivity (95% Confidence Interval)** |
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| BIRLS-DF |
SSA-DMF |
Combined |
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| VHA Healthcare Use* |
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| Inpatient Users |
387 (12.9) |
86.3 (76.2 – 93.2) |
94.5 (86.6 – 98.5) |
100.0 (95.1 – 100.0) |
| Outpatient Users |
2,101 (70.1) |
80.2 (73.8 – 85.7) |
93.0 (88.4 – 96.2) |
100.0 (98.0 – 100.0) |
| Non-Users |
894 (29.8) |
72.1 (62.5 – 80.5) |
90.4 (83.0 – 95.3) |
95.2 (89.1 – 98.4) |
| Age on Jan. 1, 1999 |
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| < 65 |
1,762 (58.8) |
67.6 (55.5 – 78.2) |
91.5 (82.5 – 96.8) |
95.8 (88.1 – 99.1) |
| 65 or older |
1,236 (41.2) |
80.5 (74.7 – 85.5) |
92.3 (88.0 – 95.5) |
99.1 (96.8 – 99.9) |
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* Based on any health care use in the VHA in 1999 – 2002. ** BIRLS-DF indicates the Beneficiary Identification and Record Locator Subsystem Death File; SSA-DMF, the Social Security Administration Death Master File. | ||||
Sohn et al. Population Health Metrics 2006 4:2 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-2 |
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