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Validation of de-identified record linkage to ascertain hospital admissions in a cohort study

BACKGROUND: Cohort studies can provide valuable evidence of cause and effect relationships but are subject to loss of participants over time, limiting the validity of findings. Computerised record linkage offers a passive and ongoing method of obtaining health outcomes from existing routinely collec...

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Autores principales: Beauchamp, Alison, Tonkin, Andrew M, Kelsall, Helen, Sundararajan, Vijaya, English, Dallas R, Sundaresan, Lalitha, Wolfe, Rory, Turrell, Gavin, Giles, Graham G, Peeters, Anna
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21473786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-42