When to conduct probabilistic linkage vs. deterministic linkage? A simulation study

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-86

  Zhu, Ying ^a   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^a   Ohashi, Yasuo ^a,b   Setoguchi, Soko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative validity; Deterministic linkage; Probabilistic linkage; Record linkage; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPARATIVE VALIDITY; DETERMINISTIC LINKAGE; PROBABILISTIC LINKAGE; RECORD LINKAGE; SIMULATION STUDIES;

ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DATA QUALITY; DETERMINISTIC LINKAGE; DISCRIMINATIVE POWER; FILE SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC LINKAGE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATE OF ERROR; RATE OF MISSING; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STUDY DESIGN; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938598490     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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