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Agreement Rates of VA Mortality Data with NDI Dates by Source and Level of Precision* |
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| Source |
Number of Deaths |
Death Dates in a Source that Agree with NDI Dates (%) |
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| Exactly |
Within 2 Days |
In Year and Month |
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| BIRLS-DF |
229 |
222 (96.9) |
224 (98.2) |
225 (98.7) |
| MSID |
35 |
35 (100.0) |
35 (100.0) |
35 (100.0) |
| MVS |
246 |
235 (95.5) |
239 (97.2) |
244 (99.2) |
| SSA-DMF |
272 |
260 (95.6) |
265 (97.4) |
270 (99.3) |
| Combined |
292 |
285 (97.6) |
288 (98.6) |
291 (99.7) |
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* NDI indicates the National Death Index; BIRLS-DF, the Beneficiary Identification and Resource Locator Subsystem Death File; MSID, the VHA Medical SAS Inpatient Datasets; MVS, Medicare Vital Status; 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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