Validation of a hierarchical deterministic record-linkage algorithm using data from 2 different cohorts of human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons and mortality databases in Brazil

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1326-1332

  Pacheco, Antonio G ^a,b   Saraceni, Valeria ^e   Tuboi, Suely H ^c,f   Moulton, Lawrence H ^g   Chaisson, Richard E ^h   Cavalcante, Solange C ^e   Durovni, Betina ^e   Faulhaber, José C ^f   Golub, Jonathan E ^h   King, Bonnie ^h   Schechter, Mauro ^f   Harrison, Lee H ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro City   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Data collection; HIV; Medical record linkage; Mortality; Software validation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; SOFTWARE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 57149111486     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn249     Document Type: Article

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