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The Data-Adaptive Fellegi-Sunter Model for Probabilistic Record Linkage: Algorithm Development and Validation for Incorporating Missing Data and Field Selection

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022
BackgroundQuality patient care requires comprehensive health care data from a broad set of sources. However, missing data in medical records and matching field selection are 2 real-world challenges in patient-record linkage.
Xiaochun Li, Huiping Xu, Shaun Grannis
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Demystifying probabilistic linkage

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Many of the distinctions made between probabilistic and deterministic linkage are misleading. While these two approaches to record linkage operate in different ways and can produce different outputs, the distinctions between them are more a result of how
James C Doidge, Katie Harron
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Development of a trauma and emergency database in Kigali, Rwanda

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Introduction: Injuries account for 10% of the global burden of disease, resulting in approximately 5.8 million deaths annually. Trauma registries are an important tool in the development of a trauma system; however, limited resources in low- and middle ...
Alexis S. Kearney, Lise M. Kabeja, Naomi George, Naz Karim, Adam R. Aluisio, Zeta Mutabazi, Jean Eric Uwitonze, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Adam C. Levine   +9 more
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Lung cancer treatment and mortality for Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: results from a population-based record linkage study and medical record audit

BMC Cancer, 2016
BackgroundThe aim of this study was to compare surgical treatment received by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in New South Wales (NSW), Australia and to examine whether patient and disease characteristics are ...
Alison Gibberd, R. Supramaniam, A. Dillon, B. Armstrong, D. O’Connell   +4 more
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Generalized Record Linkage System – Statistics Canada’s Record Linkage Software

Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016
The Generalized Record Linkage System is a probabilistic record linkage system designed for use by a wide range of statistical applications. It is part of a toolbox of generalized systems developed at Statistics Canada in response to business and health ...
Martha Fair
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A blinded evaluation of privacy preserving record linkage with Bloom filters

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022
Background Privacy preserving record linkage (PPRL) methods using Bloom filters have shown promise for use in operational linkage settings. However real-world evaluations are required to confirm their suitability in practice.
Sean M. Randall, H. Wichmann, Adrian P. Brown, J. Boyd, T. Eitelhuber, Alexandra Merchant, Anna M. Ferrante   +6 more
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Accelerating Probabilistic Privacy-Preserving Medical Record Linkage: A Three-Party Mpc Approach

Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Şeyma Selcan Mağara, Noah Dietrich, Ali Burak Ünal, Mete Akgün   +3 more
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Assessing the impact of privacy-preserving record linkage on record overlap and patient demographic and clinical characteristics in PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network

J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2022
Objective This article describes the implementation of a privacy-preserving record linkage (PPRL) solution across PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
Keith A. Marsolo, Daniel Kiernan, S. Toh, Jasmin Phua, Darcy Louzao, K. Haynes, Mark G. Weiner, F. Angulo, Charles Bailey, J. Bian, D. Fort, S. Grannis, A. Krishnamurthy, V. Nair, Pedro Rivera, Jonathan C Silverstein, M. Zirkle, Thomas Carton   +17 more
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Creating a Powerful Platform to Explore Health in a Correctional Population: A Record Linkage Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
We used record linkage to create a data repository of health information of persons who were federally incarcerated in Ontario and Canada. We obtained records from 56,867 adults who were federally incarcerated between January 1, 1998 and December 31 ...
Kathryn E McIsaac, Shanna Farrell MacDonald, Nelson Chong, Andrea Moser, Rahim Moineddin, Angela Colantonio, Avery Nathens, Flora I Matheson   +7 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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