The application of a biometric identification technique for linking community and hospital data in rural Ghana

• Main Authors: Eliezer Ofori Odei-Lartey (Author), Dennis Boateng (Author), Samuel Danso (Author), Anthony Kwarteng (Author), Livesy Abokyi (Author), Seeba Amenga-Etego (Author), Stephaney Gyaase (Author), Kwaku Poku Asante (Author), Seth Owusu-Agyei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The reliability of counts for estimating population dynamics and disease burdens in communities depends on the availability of a common unique identifier for matching general population data with health facility data. Biometric data has been explored as a feasible common identifier betwe...