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Assessing record linkage between health care and Vital Statistics databases using deterministic methods

BACKGROUND: We assessed the linkage and correct linkage rate using deterministic record linkage among three commonly used Canadian databases, namely, the population registry, hospital discharge data and Vital Statistics registry. METHODS: Three combinations of four personal identifiers (surname, fir...

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Autores principales: Li, Bing, Quan, Hude, Fong, Andrew, Lu, Mingshan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1534029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16597337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-48