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Comparing record linkage software programs and algorithms using real-world data.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Linkage of medical databases, including insurer claims and electronic health records (EHRs), is increasingly common. However, few studies have investigated the behavior and output of linkage software.
Alan F Karr, Matthew T Taylor, Suzanne L West, Soko Setoguchi, Tzuyung D Kou, Tobias Gerhard, Daniel B Horton   +6 more
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A retrospective, descriptive study of hepatitis C testing, prevalence, and care continuum among adults on probation

Health & Justice, 2022
Background Despite constituting the largest segment of the correctional population, individuals on court-ordered probation remain largely unstudied with respect to hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and linkage-to-care.
Kevin F. Kamis, David L. Wyles, Matthew S. Minturn, Tracy Scott, Dean McEwen, Hermione Hurley, Scott J. Prendergast, Jessie Gunter, Sarah E. Rowan   +8 more
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Use of medical record linkage to study readmission rates. [PDF]

BMJ, 1989
Readmission rates after inpatient care were studied by using routinely collected data from the Oxford record linkage study for 1968-85. Discharges from hospital and subsequent admissions were identified for people who were both resident and treated in the area covered by the linkage study.
J, Henderson, M J, Goldacre, M J, Graveney, H M, Simmons   +3 more
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Automatic Linkage of Medical and Vital Registration Records [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1963
The desirability of being able to link two or more records of vital or medical events occurring to the same individual is largely self-evident. In clinical practice it is often informative to consult past records of hospital or other treatment and it is often useful to be able to locate subsequent records in order to follow up patients treated at some ...
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Record linkage based patient intersection cardinality for rare disease studies using Mainzelliste and secure multi-party computation

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2022
Background The low number of patients suffering from any given rare diseases poses a difficult problem for medical research: With the exception of some specialized biobanks and disease registries, potential study participants’ information are disjoint ...
Tobias Kussel, Torben Brenner, Galina Tremper, Josef Schepers, Martin Lablans, Kay Hamacher   +5 more
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Use of Data Linkage Methods to Investigate Healthcare Interactions in Individuals Who Self-harm and Die by Suicide: A Scoping Review [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Objectives In this review, the primary objective was to comprehensively summarize and evaluate the themes and analytical strategies of studies that used data linkage methods to examine the healthcare engagement of individuals with self-harming and ...
Ferdi W. Djajadisastra
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Prospective data linkage to facilitate COVID-19 trials – A call to action

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Many countries around the world are creating COVID-19 trial datasets and databases of COVID-19-related data such as test results that cover entire populations.
P Alison Paprica, Professor, Matthew Sydes, Professor, Kimberlyn McGrail, Professor, Andrew Morris, Professor, Michael J Schull, Professor, Rhoswyn Walker, Dr.   +5 more
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Registry-based stroke research in Taiwan: past and future [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2018
Stroke registries are observational databases focusing on the clinical information and outcomes of stroke patients. They play an important role in the cycle of quality improvement.
Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Darren Philbert Wu, Sheng-Feng Sung   +2 more
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Using novel data linkage of biobank data with administrative health data to inform genomic analysis for future precision medicine treatment of congenital heart disease

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2023
Introduction Contemporary care of congenital heart disease (CHD) is largely standardised, however there is heterogeneity in post-surgical outcomes that may be explained by genetic variation.
Samantha J. Lain, Gillian Blue, Bridget O’Malley, David Winlaw, Gary Sholler, Sally Dunwoodie, Natasha Nassar, The Congenital Heart Disease Synergy Study group   +7 more
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Effects of Data Quality on Linkage Bias: Results from a Central Register of Pupils

International Journal of Population Data Science
In record linkage, quasi-identifiers (QIDs), such as personal names or addresses, are used to link entities. Although it is generally known that QIDs are subject to data quality issues and may thus affect linkage quality, there is little empirical ...
Severin V. Weiand, Rainer Schnell, Tobias Brändle   +2 more
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