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Activity Number:
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285
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Health Policy Statistics
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| Abstract - #304401 |
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Title:
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Who Donates Blood?
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Author(s):
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Richard A. Forshee*+ and Mark O. Walderhaug
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Companies:
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FDA and FDA
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Address:
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1401 Rockville Pike, HFM-210, Rockville, MD, 20852,
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Keywords:
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blood donors ; National Health Interview Survey ; demographics ; health status
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Abstract:
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We analyze the relationships between demographic and socioeconomic variables and the probability of donating blood using data from the National Health Interview Survey 2002--2006. Multiple imputation was used to address missing values for family income, and restricted cubic splines were used to estimate non-linear relationships for age and family income. Education, race/ethnicity, and self-reported health were strongly associated with blood donation. Understanding how demographic and socioeconomic factors are related to blood donation will improve the management of risks related to blood products, improve models of the blood supply for various contingency planning purposes, and provide important inputs for many quantitative risk assessments of the safety and adequacy of the U.S. blood supply.
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