Comparing strategies for United States veterans' mortality ascertainment

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lorenz, Karl A ^a,b,c   Asch, Steven M ^a,b,c   Yano, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Wang, Mingming ^a   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18144425782     PISSN: 14787954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-3-2     Document Type: Article

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