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Evaluating bias due to data linkage error in electronic healthcare records

BACKGROUND: Linkage of electronic healthcare records is becoming increasingly important for research purposes. However, linkage error due to mis-recorded or missing identifiers can lead to biased results. We evaluated the impact of linkage error on estimated infection rates using two different metho...

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Autores principales: Harron, Katie, Wade, Angie, Gilbert, Ruth, Muller-Pebody, Berit, Goldstein, Harvey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24597489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-14-36