Population health metrics
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Population health metrics · Feb 2005
Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment.
We aimed to determine optimal strategies for complete mortality ascertainment comparing death certificates and United States (US) Veterans Administration (VA) records. ⋯ As single sources, VA decedent files and death certificates each provided an incomplete record, and death ascertainment was improved by using both source files. Potential bias may vary depending on analytic interest.