Quality of record linkage in a highly automated cancer registry that relies on encrypted identity data
Objectives: In the absence of unique ID numbers, cancer and other registries in Germany and elsewhere rely on identity data to link records pertaining to the same patient. These data are often encrypted to ensure privacy. Some record linkage errors unavoidably occur. These errors were quantified for...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2016-06-01
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Series: | GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie |
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Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/mibe/2016-12/mibe000164.shtml |