Record linkage under suboptimal conditions for data-intensive evaluation of primary care in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract Background Linking Brazilian databases demands the development of algorithms and processes to deal with various challenges including the large size of the databases, the low number and poor quality of personal identifiers available to be compared (national security number not mandatory), an...

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Main Authors: Claudia Medina Coeli, Valeria Saraceni, Paulo Mota Medeiros, Helena Pereira da Silva Santos, Luis Carlos Torres Guillen, Luís Guilherme Santos Buteri Alves, Thomas Hone, Christopher Millett, Anete Trajman, Betina Durovni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01550-6

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