An efficient record linkage scheme using graphical analysis for identifier error detection

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Finney, John M ^a   Walker, A Sarah ^a,b   Peto, Tim E A ^a   Wyllie, David H ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FUZZY LOGIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79351469199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-7     Document Type: Article

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