Assembly of the LongSHOT cohort: public record linkage on a grand scale.

Yifan ZhangErin E HolsingerLea PrinceJonathan A RoddenSonja A SwansonMatthew M MillerGaren J WintemuteDavid M Studdert

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2019)

Three steps taken early may be particularly useful in enhancing the efficiency of large-scale data linkage: thorough data cleaning; assessment of the suitability of off-the-shelf data linkage packages relative to bespoke coding; and careful consideration of the minimum sample size and matching precision needed to support rigorous investigation of the study questions.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
genome wide
big data
hiv testing
healthcare
mental health
emergency department
data analysis
machine learning
gene expression
dna methylation
men who have sex with men
artificial intelligence
high density
adverse drug