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Probabilistic record linkage [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Epidemiology, 2015
Studies involving the use of probabilistic record linkage are becoming increasingly common. However, the methods underpinning probabilistic record linkage are not widely taught or understood, and therefore these studies can appear to be a 'black box' research tool.
Sayers, Adrian   +3 more
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Generalized Record Linkage System – Statistics Canada’s Record Linkage Software

open access: yesAustrian 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Interactive Record Linkage [PDF]

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2000
In order to carry out demographic analyses at individual and group levels, a manual method of linking individual event records from parish registers was developed in the late 1950s. In order to save time and to work with larger areas than small parishes,
doaj   +5 more sources

A blinded evaluation of privacy preserving record linkage with Bloom filters

open access: yesBMC 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 Randall   +6 more
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Real world performance of privacy preserving record linkage

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Privacy preserving record linkage (PPRL) using encoded or hashed data has potential to enable large-scale record linkage of previously inaccessible data.
Katie Irvine   +6 more
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Multiple operating models for data linkage: A privacy positive

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives The data linkage landscape is rapidly evolving and a variety of operating models are used across dedicated data linkage centres. We have reviewed various operating models and redesigned the technical operating models for our multi ...
Katrina Irvine, Stephanie Hollis
doaj   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Data Linkage Publications on Diabetes in Australia

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
AimsOur study aimed to identify the common themes, knowledge gaps and to evaluate the quality of data linkage research on diabetes in Australia.MethodsThis systematic review was developed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic ...
Ngan T. T. Dinh   +7 more
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Canadian trends in the social determinants of health inequalities, a census-mortality linkage approach

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Mortality inequalities by income and education levels have historically been estimated using an area-based approach in Canada. Although useful in measuring socioeconomic inequalities overtime, this method underestimates the level of ...
Katie Irvine   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overcoming the Impasse 2: Assessing the Quality of Recent Australian Applications of a Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage Method (PPRL-BLOOM)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction While the quantity and type of datasets used by data linkage projects is growing, there remain some datasets that are ‘not available’ or ‘hard to access’ by researchers and linkers, either due to legal/regulatory constraints restricting the ...
Sean Randall   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sociodemographic differences in linkage error: an examination of four large-scale datasets

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Record linkage is an important tool for epidemiologists and health planners. Record linkage studies will generally contain some level of residual record linkage error, where individual records are either incorrectly marked as belonging to the ...
Sean Randall   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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