Creating a population-based cohort of children born with and without congenital anomalies using birth data matched to hospital discharge databases in 11 European regions: Assessment of linkage success and data quality

Linking routinely collected healthcare administrative data is a valuable method for conducting research on morbidity outcomes, but linkage quality and accuracy needs to be assessed for bias as the data were not collected for research. The aim of this study was to describe the rates of linking data o...

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Main Authors: Maria Loane, Joanne E. Given, Joachim Tan, Ingeborg Barišić, Laia Barrachina-Bonet, Clara Cavero-Carbonell, Alessio Coi, James Densem, Ester Garne, Mika Gissler, Anna Heino, Sue Jordan, Renee Lutke, Amanda J. Neville, Ljubica Odak, Aurora Puccini, Michele Santoro, Ieuan Scanlon, Stine K. Urhoj, Hermien E. K. de Walle, Diana Wellesley, Joan K. Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468043/?tool=EBI