2018
Impact of linkage quality on inferences drawn from analyses using data with high rates of linkage errors in rural Tanzania
Rentsch CT, Harron K, Urassa M, Todd J, Reniers G, Zaba B. Impact of linkage quality on inferences drawn from analyses using data with high rates of linkage errors in rural Tanzania. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2018, 18: 165. PMID: 30526518, PMCID: PMC6288858, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-018-0632-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoint-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data
Rentsch CT, Kabudula CW, Catlett J, Beckles D, Machemba R, Mtenga B, Masilela N, Michael D, Natalis R, Urassa M, Todd J, Zaba B, Reniers G. Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data. Gates Open Research 2018, 1: 8. PMID: 29528050, PMCID: PMC5841575, DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12751.2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotential matchesProbabilistic record linkage algorithmRecord linkage algorithmFellegi-Sunter modelData quality issuesRecord linkage softwareRecord linkageRecord linkage approachesSoftware toolsTrue matchesMultiple searchesLinkage softwareLinkage algorithmHealth recordsSoftwareData sourcesUnique national identifiersLinkage errorsSurveillance systemResearch infrastructureSpelling errorsKey advantageExtraneous informationQuality issuesNational identifiers
2017
Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data
Rentsch C, Kabudula C, Catlett J, Beckles D, Machemba R, Mtenga B, Masilela N, Michael D, Natalis R, Urassa M, Todd J, Zaba B, Reniers G. Point-of-contact Interactive Record Linkage (PIRL): A software tool to prospectively link demographic surveillance and health facility data. Gates Open Research 2017, 1: 8. DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12751.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotential matchesProbabilistic record linkage algorithmRecord linkage algorithmFellegi-Sunter modelData quality issuesRecord linkage softwareRecord linkageRecord linkage approachesSoftware toolsTrue matchesMultiple searchesLinkage softwareLinkage algorithmHealth recordsSoftwareData sourcesUnique national identifiersLinkage errorsSurveillance systemResearch infrastructureSpelling errorsKey advantageExtraneous informationQuality issuesNational identifiers