Accuracy of a probabilistic record-linkage methodology used to track blood donors in the Mortality Information System database

• Main Authors: Ligia Capuani (Author), Ana Luiza Bierrenbach (Author), Fatima Abreu (Author), Pedro Losco Takecian (Author), João Eduardo Ferreira (Author), Ester Cerdeira Sabino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The probabilistic record linkage (PRL) is based on a likelihood score that measures the degree of similarity of several matching variables. Screening test results for different diseases are available for the blood donor population. In this paper, we describe the accuracy of a PRL process used to tra...