Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment

• Main Authors: Asch Steven M (Author), Lorenz Karl A (Author), Yano Elizabeth M (Author), Wang Mingming (Author), Rubenstein Lisa V (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We aimed to determine optimal strategies for complete mortality ascertainment comparing death certificates and United States (US) Veterans Administration (VA) records.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We constructed a co...