2018
Point-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