Linkage of maternity hospital episode statistics birth records to birth registration and notification records for births in England 2005-2006: quality assurance of linkage.
Victoria CoathupAlison MacfarlaneMaria QuigleyPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
It is possible to link administrative datasets to create large cohorts, allowing researchers to explore important questions about exposures and childhood outcomes. Missing data, coding errors and inconsistencies mean it is important that the quality of linkage is assessed prior to analysis.
Keyphrases
- gestational age
- genome wide
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- adverse drug
- healthcare
- air pollution
- electronic health record
- dna methylation
- patient safety
- adipose tissue
- rna seq
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- high density
- machine learning
- skeletal muscle
- human immunodeficiency virus
- glycemic control