Linkage of patient records from disparate sources

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Li, Xiaochun ^a   Shen, Changyu ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; diagnostic tests; Fellegi Sunter model; k means; latent class model; patient matching; record linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84874497959     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280211403600     Document Type: Article

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