Linkage Methods and Analytic Support for NCHS-USRDS End-Stage Renal Disease Data

• Golden C, Driscoll AK, Simon AE, et al. Linkage of NCHS population health surveys to administrative records from Social Security Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 1(58). 2015. [PDF – 1.4 MB]

  Contains a brief overview of the data sources, the methods used for linkage, descriptions of the resulting linked data files, and general analytic guidance for using NCHS linked data.

• Sample Sizes for Restricted-Use NCHS-USRDS ESRD Files [PDF - 193 KB]

  Tables providing sample sizes for each of the NCHS-USRDS ESRD files by NCHS survey and type of ESRD file.

Additional Resources:

• United States Renal Data System (USRDS) website