Record linkage in the Cancer Registry of Tyrol, Austria

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 626-630

  Oberaigner, W ^a,b,c   Stuhlinger W ^b  

^a Tyrolean State Hospitals Ltd   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c TILAK GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Homonym rate; Probabilistic record linkage; Synonym rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ERROR; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 29244490638     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634018     Document Type: Article

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