Using deterministic record linkage to link ambulance and emergency department data: is it possible without patient identifiers?
Introduction Routine linkage of emergency ambulance records with those from the emergency department is uncommon in the UK. Our study, known as the Pre-Hospital Emergency Department Data Linking Project (PHED Data), aimed to link records of all patients conveyed by a single emergency ambulance servi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2019-08-01
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Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1104 |