Confidentiality and confidence: Is data aggregation a means to achieve both?

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-449

  Fefferman, Nina H ^a   O'Neil, Eileen A ^b   Naumova, Elena N ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregation; Confidentiality; Epidemiology; HIPAA; Privacy

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29344461498     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200029     Document Type: Review

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