Validation of US CDC National Death Index mortality data, focusing on differences in race and ethnicity
Objectives The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Death Index (NDI) is a gold standard for mortality data, yet matching patients to the database depends on accurate and available key identifiers. Our objective was to evaluate NDI data for future healthcare research studies with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-12-01
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Series: | BMJ Health & Care Informatics |
Online Access: | https://informatics.bmj.com/content/30/1/e100737.full |