Empirical aspects of record linkage across multiple data sets using statistical linkage keys: The experience of the PIAC cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Karmel, Rosemary ^a,b   Anderson, Phil ^a,b   Gibson, Diane ^a   Peut, Ann ^a,b   Duckett, Stephen ^c   Wells, Yvonne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE;

EID: 77949481852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-41     Document Type: Article

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