Method to assess identifiability in electronic data files

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 597-601

  Howe, Holly L ^a,d   Lake, Andrew J ^b   Shen, Tiefu ^c  

^a North American Association of Central Cancer Registries   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c Illinois State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Medical informatics; Neoplasms; Privacy; Regression analysis; Social class

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; DATABASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847342133     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk049     Document Type: Article

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