The promise of record linkage for assessing the uptake of health services in resource constrained settings: A pilot study from South Africa

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W ^a   Clark, Benjamin D ^b   Gómez Olivé, Francesc Xavier ^a   Tollman, Stephen ^a,c,d   Menken, Jane ^a,e   Reniers, Georges ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS); Health facilities; Population surveillance; Record linkage; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902013720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-71     Document Type: Article

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