Assessing record linkage between health care and Vital Statistics databases using deterministic methods

• Main Authors: Quan Hude (Author), Li Bing (Author), Fong Andrew (Author), Lu Mingshan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We assessed the linkage and correct linkage rate using deterministic record linkage among three commonly used Canadian databases, namely, the population registry, hospital discharge data and Vital Statistics registry.</p> <p...