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        Alternate Name
        Item#
        Length
        Source of Standard
        Column #
    
    
        Indian Health Service Linkage
        192
        1
        NPCR
        421-421
    



Description

This variable captures the results of the linkage of the registry database with the Indian Health Service patient registration database.



Rationale

The IHS linkage identifies cancer cases among American Indians who were misclassified as non-Indian in the registry database in order to improve the quality of cancer surveillance data on American Indians in individual registries and in all registries as a whole. The goal is to include cancer incidence data for American Indians in the United States Cancer Statistics by use of this variable as well as the race variable.



Codes


    
        0
        Record sent for linkage, no IHS match
    
    
        1
        Record sent for linkage, IHS match
    
    
        Blank
        Record not sent for linkage or linkage result pending

0	Record sent for linkage, no IHS match
1	Record sent for linkage, IHS match
Blank	Record not sent for linkage or linkage result pending