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Estimating the mortality rate of hepatitis C using multiple data sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2004

C. WU,
H.-G. CHANG,
L.-A. McNUTT and
P. F. SMITH
C. WU
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA
H.-G. CHANG
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USADivision of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
L.-A. McNUTT
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA
P. F. SMITH
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USADivision of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA
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Abstract

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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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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 133 , Issue 1 , February 2005, pp. 121 - 125
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2004 Cambridge University Press