The importance of including aliases in data linkage with vulnerable populations.
Holly TibbleHsei Di LawMatthew J SpittalRosemary KarmelRohan BorschmannKatie Hail-JaresLaura A ThomasStuart A KinnerPublished in: BMC medical research methodology (2018)
The inclusion of aliases in data linkage in youths involved in the justice system increased mortality ascertainment without any discernible increase in false positive matches. We therefore conclude that alias records should be included in data linkage procedures in order to avoid biased attenuation of ascertainment in vulnerable populations, leading to the concealment of health inequality.
Keyphrases
- electronic health record
- genome wide
- big data
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- public health
- mental health
- men who have sex with men
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- gene expression
- data analysis
- cardiovascular disease
- risk assessment
- dna methylation
- coronary artery disease
- genetic diversity
- hiv infected
- artificial intelligence
- human immunodeficiency virus
- climate change