Sociodemographic differences in linkage error: an examination of four large-scale datasets

Sociodemographic differences in linkage error: an examination of four large-scale datasets

Abstract Background Record linkage is an important tool for epidemiologists and health planners. Record linkage studies will generally contain some level of residual record linkage error, where individual records are either incorrectly marked as belonging to the same individual, or incorrectly marke...

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Main Authors: Sean Randall, Adrian Brown, James Boyd, Rainer Schnell, Christian Borgs, Anna Ferrante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Record linkage
Bias
Sociodemographic differences
Methodological research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3495-x

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