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. 2005 Feb;133(1):121-5.
doi: 10.1017/s0950268804003103.

Estimating the mortality rate of hepatitis C using multiple data sources

C Wu  1 , H G Chang, L A McNutt, P F Smith
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Estimating the mortality rate of hepatitis C using multiple data sources

C Wu et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

The New York State hospital discharge database and the multiple cause-of-death file were used to estimate the mortality rate of hepatitis C in New York State excluding New York City in 1997. The mortality rate with hepatitis C was severely underestimated when each data source was used alone. Applying the capture recapture method using the hospital discharge database and the multiple cause-of-death file appears to be an efficient method to estimate the mortality rate with hepatitis C.

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