A feasible method for linkage studies avoiding clerical review: Linkage of the national HIV/AIDS surveillance databases with the National Death Index in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-312

  Nakhaee, Fatemeh ^a   McDonald, Ann ^a   Black, Deborah ^b   Law, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Mortality; National death index; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUSTRALIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34548019521     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00076.x     Document Type: Review

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