How to ensure data security of an epidemiological follow-up:Quality assessment of an anonymous record linkage procedure

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Quantin, Catherine ^a   Bouzelat, H ^a   Allaert, F A A ^c   Benhamiche, A M ^b   Faivre, J ^b   Dusserre, L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Computerised record; Data security; Linkage procedure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECURITY OF DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STANDARD HASH ALGORITHM;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032032036     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(98)00019-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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