Accuracy of a probabilistic record linkage strategy applied to identify deaths among cases reported to the Brazilian AIDS surveillance database Acurácia da estratégia de relacionamento probabilístico em identificar óbitos entre casos de AIDS notificados no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN)

• Main Authors: Maria Goretti Pereira Fonseca (Author), Cláudia Medina Coeli (Author), Francisca de Fátima de Araújo Lucena (Author), Valdilea Gonçalves Veloso (Author), Marilia Sá Carvalho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since record linkage errors can bias measures of disease occurrence and association, it is important to assess their accuracy. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a multiple pass probabilistic record linkage strategy to identify deaths among persons reported to the Brazilian AIDS surv...