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Source of Death Dates in the Combined Data |
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| Source* |
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| BIRLS-DF |
MSID |
MVS |
SSA-DMF |
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| A. Death dates found in source |
229 |
35 |
246 |
272 |
| B. Death dates from source used in combined data |
221 |
35 |
241 |
265 |
| C. Death dates found only in source |
7 |
2 |
5 |
13 |
| D. % found only in source (C/A) |
3.1% |
5.7% |
2.0% |
4.8% |
| E. % of all dates in combined data found only in source (C/292) |
2.4% |
0.7% |
1.7% |
4.5% |
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* BIRLS-DF indicates 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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