Investigating linkage rates among probabilistically linked birth and hospitalization records

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bentley, Jason P ^a,b   Ford, Jane B ^a   Taylor, Lee K ^b   Irvine, Katie A ^c   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NSW Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative health data; International classification of diseases; Pregnancy; Probabilistic record linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866537733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-149     Document Type: Article

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