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VSD
Vaccine
Safety Data-Sharing Process
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At
a Glance: As
described in an August 30, 2002 press
release, CDC, NIP and its managed care partners have established
a new vaccine safety data-sharing process. This process allows
external researchers to access data collected by the CDC's Vaccine
Safety DataLink Project through the agency's Research Data Center
in Hyattsville, Maryland. |
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Assistance
with Guidelines for Data Sharing Proposals
from Researchers |
NOTE: The guidelines are currently being revised. If
you would like additional information regarding the VSD Data
Sharing Program, please email RDCA@cdc.gov
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The
VSD Data Dictionary includes: |
- Constant
file
- Enroll
file
- Vaccine
file
- Inpatient
file
- Outpatient
file
- HMO
birth file
- Mortality
file
- Address
file
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- Geocode
file
- Non-standard
ICD-9 codes
- Numeric
length specifications
- ICD-9
code conventions
- Facility
codes
- Startup
dates for NCK facilities
- Department
codes
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Recommended
references for VSD researchers |
Recommended
References for Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Researchers:
- Strom
BL, Carson JL. Use of automated databases for pharmacoepidemiology
research. Epidemiol Rev. 1990;12:87-107.
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Strom BL, ed. Pharmacoepidemiology, Third Edition. New York: John
Wiley & Sons, 2000.
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Chen RT, Glasser J, Rhodes P, Davis RL, Barlow WE, Thompson RS,
Mullooly JP, Black SB, Shinefield HR, Vadheim CM, Marcy SM, Ward
JI, Wise RP, Wassilak SG, Hadler SC. The Vaccine Safety Datalink
Project: A New Tool for Improving Vaccine Safety Monitoring in
the United States. Pediatrics 1997;99:765-73.
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Chen RT, DeStefano F,. Davis RL, Jackson LA, Thompson RS, Mullooly
JP, Black SB, Shinefield HR, Vadheim CM, Ward JI, Marcy SM, &
the Vaccine Safety Datalink TeamThe Vaccine Safety Datalink: immunization
research in health maintenance organizations in the USA Bull WHO
2000;78:186-194.
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