VA Information Resource Center
VIReC's goal is to compile information
about data quality as it relates to research utility*. VIReC will report on issues including completeness, reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity of VA data. This portion of the VIReC web site
will be augmented on an ongoing basis.
If you have any suggestions for
additional data elements that VIReC should investigate, or if you have any data quality
information from your research that you would be willing to share with other researchers,
please contact the VIReC Help
Desk.
Data Quality Topics
Information about the quality of lab results
related to specimen source in the Decision Support System (DSS) National Data Extracts
(NDE) Lab Results (LAR) files is available.
Information about the quality of race and ethnicity data in the
Medical SAS Datasets is available.
Information about the quality of vital status and date of death information in VA data sources.
*The Health Data and Informatics Office of the VA's Office of Information (OI) is responsible for ensuring the quality of VA healthcare data.
|
|
|
Reviewed/Updated Date:
October 2, 2008
|
|