Bespoke automated linkage to enable analysis of covid deaths by ethnicity.

In early 2020 there was intense media speculation that ethnicity and Covid-19 deaths were correlated. However, the existing method of adding ethnicity to death records resulted in low linkage rates for very recent deaths. We designed and implemented a bespoke linkage in three days enabling accurate...

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Main Authors: Shelley Gammon, Rachel Shipsey, Charlie Tomlin, Josie Plachta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2022-08-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
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Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/2050