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Personal Author:
Miller, Eric A. ; Miller Donna M. ; Judson, Dean H.
Miller, Eric A. ; Miller Donna M. ; Judson, Dean H. Less -
Corporate Authors:
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) Less -
Description:
Background: National survey data linked with state cancer registry data has the potential to create a valuable tool for cancer prevention and control research. A pilot project—developed in a collaboration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS) at the University of Miami —links the records of the 1986–2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the 1981–2010 FCDS. The project assesses the feasibility of performing a record linkage between NCHS survey data and a state-based cancer registry, as well as the value of the data produced. The linked NHIS–FCDS data allow researchers to follow NHIS survey participants longitudinally to examine factors associated with future cancer diagnosis, and to assess the characteristics and quality of life among cancer survivors.

Methods: This report provides a preliminary evaluation of the linked national and state cancer data and examines both analytic issues and complications presented by the linkage.

Conclusions: Residential mobility and the number of years of data linked in this project create some analytic challenges and limitations for the types of analyses that can be conducted. However, the linked data set offers the ability to conduct analyses not possible with either data set alone.

Suggested citation: Miller EA, Miller DM, Judson DH, et al. Linkage of 1986–2009 National Health Interview Survey with 1981–2010 Florida Cancer Data System. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 2(167). 2014.


Subject:
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Health Surveys
Medical Record Linkage
Public Health

Series:
Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; no. 167 ; DHHS publication ; (PHS) 2014–1367
Vital and health statistics. Series 2, Data evaluation and methods research ; no. 167 ; DHHS publication ; (PHS) 2014–1367 Less -
Document Type:
Report
Name as Subject:
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; Florida Cancer Data System. ; National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; Florida Cancer Data System.
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; Florida Cancer Data System. ; National Health Interview Survey (U.S.) ; Florida Cancer Data System. Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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