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General description

The Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) is a dataset of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides a repeatable and large scale data warehouse for business management, clinical and administrative research, and healthcare system innovation.

Construct: Housebound status, transportation needs, suicide risk, marital status, education, VA-specific codes for services to address a social need, income source, occupation, third-party insurance coverage, VA service connectedness (in percent), combat or agent orange or military sexual trauma exposures during the service, service-connected disability, and income source.

Limitations

  • Information on tobacco and alcohol use, as well as vital status information, are not available.
  • Contains limited information related to social determinants of health (SDOH).

Related publications / Literature

Data access

NCHS Data Linkage Activities - NCHS has developed a record linkage program designed to maximize the scientific value of the Center’s population-based surveys. Linked data files enable researchers to examine the factors that influence disability, chronic disease, health care utilization, morbidity, and mortality.