The sensitivity of probabilistic record linkage: Estimating the number of “false negatives” in a linkage involving client records of a large domiciliary care organisation
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The Continuing Care Linkage Study has been established to examine patterns of health service utilisation, including hospitalisation, domiciliary care, geriatric services and residential care, in persons with continuing disability. As part of this study the Data Linkage Unit of the Department of Health (WA) performed a linkage between clients from Silver Chain Nursing Association (SCNA, Western Australia’s largest home care provider) and records from the Western Australian Hospital Morbidity Data System (HMDS). Personal identifi ers used in the matching process included family name, given names and date of birth.
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