Probabilistic linking to enhance deterministic algorithms and reduce linkage errors in hospital administrative data

BACKGROUND: The pseudonymisation algorithm used to link together episodes of care belonging to the same patient in England [Hospital Episode Statistics ID (HESID)] has never undergone any formal evaluation to determine the extent of data linkage error. OBJECTIVE: To quantify improvements in linkage...

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Autores principales: Hagger-Johnson, Gareth, Harron, Katie, Goldstein, Harvey, Aldridge, Rob, Gilbert, Ruth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6217911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28749318
http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v24i2.891

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6217911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28749318
http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v24i2.891

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