The SAIL databank: Linking multiple health and social care datasets

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lyons, Ronan A ^a   Jones, Kerina H ^a   John, Gareth ^b   Brooks, Caroline J ^a   Verplancke, Jean Philippe ^a   Ford, David V ^a   Brown, Ginevra ^a   Leake, Ken ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Brunel House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 61649100550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-3     Document Type: Article

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