Linkage of health insurance data to the Netherlands Twin Register

ABSTRACT Objectives We compared four different approaches to record linkage, demonstrating its potential in enriching the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) with healthcare data from a large health insurance provider (AHD), which covers approximately 26% of the population. Challenges included the fact...

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Main Authors: Gerard van Grootheest, Adelaide Ariel, Tina Glasner, Bep Verkerk, Toos van Beijsterveldt, Jan van der Laan, Mark de Groot, Sipke Visser, Bart Bakker, Dorret Boomsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/45