Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status.
Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status.
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DOI：
10.1186/1478-7954-2-2
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发表时间：
2004-03-05
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Whitcomb BW
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作者：
Schisterman EF;Whitcomb BW
使用社会保障管理局（SSA）死亡总档案的互联网来源表明，与国家死亡指数相比，男性对发现死亡状况的敏感性很高，但尚未对其他人口群体的敏感性进行调查。作者使用SSA死亡主文件来确定来自Cedars-Sinai医学中心正在进行的患者结局研究的374名死者的死亡状态，这些死亡由医生使用医院记录证实。SSA死亡主文件确定的死者明显比那些没有确定的年龄大。外国出生的死者被确认死亡的可能性明显低于美国出生的死者。性别和婚姻状况不是SSA死亡主文件识别的重要因素。这项研究的结果表明，互联网资源可以作为一种廉价和有效的工具，用于确定死亡率的状态。然而，在某些人群中，仅使用这些数据库可能提供不完整的信息。
Internet sources that use the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Death Master File have demonstrated high sensitivity among males for detection of mortality status in comparisons to the National Death Index, but the sensitivity has not been investigated for other demographic groups. The authors used the SSA Death Master File to determine the mortality status of 374 decedents from the ongoing Patient Outcomes Study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center whose deaths were confirmed by physicians using hospital records. Decedents identified by the SSA Death Master File were significantly older than those not identified. Foreign-born decedents were significantly less likely to be identified as dead than American-born decedents. Gender and marital status were not significant factors for identification by the SSA Death Master File. The results of this study suggest that Internet sources may be used as an inexpensive and effective tool for determination of mortality status. However, among certain populations use of these databases alone may provide incomplete information.