Technical challenges of providing record linkage services for research

Background: Record linkage techniques are widely used to enable health researchers to gain event based longitudinal information for entire populations. The task of record linkage is increasingly being undertaken by specialised linkage units (SLUs). In addition to the complexity of undertaking probab...

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Main Authors: Boyd, James, Randall, Sean, Ferrante, Anna, Bauer, J., Brown, A., Semmens, James
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central Ltd 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37970