Implementation Brief: Use of Commercial Record Linkage Software and Vital Statistics to Identify Patient Deaths
Implementation Brief: Use of Commercial Record Linkage Software and Vital Statistics to Identify Patient Deaths
T. Newman,Andrew N. Brown
1997 · DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040233
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TLDR
Hospital data can be accurately linked with state and national vital statistics using commercial record linkage software and death records of patients with unknown vital status are identified.