Record linkage of hospital discharge register with population register: Experiences at Statistics Netherlands

Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  De Bruin, Agnes ^a   Kardaun, Jan ^a   Gast, Fred ^a   De Bruin, Edie ^a   Van Sijl, Marije ^a   Verweij, Gerard ^a  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital admissions; Methods; Population data; Quality; Record linkage; Registers

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE REGISTERS (HDR); POPULATION DATA; RECORD LINKAGE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 11944274856     PISSN: 01678000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/sju-2004-21104     Document Type: Article

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