A new scope and a vision for record linkage studies

Authors

  • Giovanni Corrao University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2427/9036

Abstract

Record linkage - i.e. the use and linkage of electronic, mainly administrative databases - has been utilized in epidemiologic research for over three decades now, starting from the system implemented in a few US health maintenance organizations (HMO, i.e. the Kaiser Permanente network), a few Nordic countries systems, or the UK general practice research database (UK GPRD, now clinical practice research datalink,
CPRD) [1, 2]...

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Published

2022-07-06

How to Cite

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Corrao G, La Vecchia C. A new scope and a vision for record linkage studies . ebph [Internet]. 2013 [cited 2026 Feb. 7];10(3). Available from: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/ebph/article/view/18193

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2013): Observing Real World Clinical Practice

Section

Editorial

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