Mortality Ascertainment of Women Veterans
Savas LS, del Junco DJ, Bastian LA, Vernon SW. Mortality Ascertainment of Women Veterans. Medical Care 2009, 47: 125-128. PMID: 19106741, PMCID: PMC2943761, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181809125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCohort StudiesDatabases, FactualDeath CertificatesFemaleHumansMedical Record LinkageMiddle AgedMortalityPublic Health InformaticsResearch DesignSensitivity and SpecificitySocial SecuritySystems IntegrationTexasUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransVital StatisticsWomenYoung AdultConceptsSocial Security Administration Death Master FilePatient Treatment FileMortality ascertainmentVeterans AffairsWomen veteransDeath certificatesComplete ascertainmentVA Patient Treatment FileDeath certificate dataTexas death certificatesVA Beneficiary IdentificationHealth research studiesFemale sexAdministrative databasesProbabilistic linkage methodsYounger decedentsCertificate dataDeath filesGeneral populationTreatment filesUnique cohortElectronic databasesSSA databasesAscertainmentBeneficiary Identification