Table 6

Source of Death Dates in the Combined Data


Source*



BIRLS-DF
MSID
MVS
SSA-DMF

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%

* 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