Quantifying sources of bias in longitudinal data linkage studies of child abuse and neglect: measuring impact of outcome specification, linkage error, and partial cohort follow-up

• Main Authors: Jared W. Parrish (Author), Meghan E. Shanahan (Author), Patricia G. Schnitzer (Author), Paul Lanier (Author), Julie L. Daniels (Author), Stephen W. Marshall (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health informatics projects combining statewide birth populations with child welfare records have emerged as a valuable approach to conducting longitudinal research of child maltreatment. The potential bias resulting from linkage misspecification, partial cohort follow-up, and ou...