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Vaccine Safety > VSD
Vaccine Safety Data-Sharing Process

  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


   

VSD Data Dictionary

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2000 Vaccine Safety DataLink Data Dictionary
(34 page .pdf document) (80KB) (updated Nov. 14, 2003)
   

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Screen-reader version of the 2000 Vaccine Safety DataLink Data Dictionary (39KB text file)
   

The VSD Data Dictionary includes:
  • Constant file
  • Enroll file
  • Vaccine file
  • Inpatient file
  • Outpatient file
  • HMO birth file
  • Mortality file
  • Address file
       
  • Geocode file
  • Non-standard ICD-9 codes
  • Numeric length specifications
  • ICD-9 code conventions
  • Facility codes
  • Startup dates for NCK facilities
  • Department codes
Recommended references for VSD researchers

Recommended References for Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Researchers:

  1. Strom BL, Carson JL. Use of automated databases for pharmacoepidemiology research. Epidemiol Rev. 1990;12:87-107.
  2. Strom BL, ed. Pharmacoepidemiology, Third Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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