Validation of de-identified record linkage to ascertain hospital admissions in a cohort study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Beauchamp, Alison ^a   Tonkin, Andrew M ^a   Kelsall, Helen ^a   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^a,b   English, Dallas R ^c,d   Sundaresan, Lalitha ^b   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Turrell, Gavin ^e   Giles, Graham G ^a,c,d   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Health   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953726315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-42     Document Type: Article

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