Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: Implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1099-1104

  Pasquali, Sara K ^a,b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^c   Shook, Gregory J ^b   O'Brien, Sean M ^a,b   Hall, Matthew ^d   Jacobs, Marshall L ^e   Welke, Karl F ^f   Gaynor, J William ^g   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^g   Li, Jennifer S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Multicare Health System   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; DATA LINK; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS DATABASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY DATABASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650153256     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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