Accuracy of the Australian National Death Index: comparison with adjudicated fatal outcomes among Australian participants in the Long‐term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) study

• Main Authors: Dianna Magliano (Author), Danny Liew (Author), Helen Pater (Author), Adrienne Kirby (Author), David Hunt (Author), John Simes (Author), Vijaya Sundararajan (Author), Andrew Tonkin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To assess the accuracy of the Australian National Death Index (NDI) in identifying deaths and recording cardiovascular and cancer causes of death. Methods: Adjudicated mortality data from Australian participants in the Long‐term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease...