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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |