Determining first admissions in a hospital discharge file via record linkage

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Alsop, J C ^a   Langley, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospital Admissions; Record Linkage; Unduplication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031967899     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634496     Document Type: Article

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