2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2015.05.012
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When to conduct probabilistic linkage vs. deterministic linkage? A simulation study

Abstract: Our simulation study demonstrated that the intrinsic rate of missing and error of linkage variables was key to choosing between linkage methods. In general, probabilistic linkage was a better choice, but for exceptionally good quality data (<5% error), deterministic linkage was a more resource efficient choice.

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“…Teoricamente, o linkage probabilístico fornece uma captura mais verdadeira em relação ao determinístico. (28) No entanto, o linkage probabilístico envolve um algoritmo mais complicado e demorado que o determinístico. (29) Pesquisas comparando métodos probabilísticos e determinísticos descobriram que o probabilístico era mais preciso com dados de pior qualidade, enquanto o determinístico foi igualmente válido e mais veloz em dados de alta qualidade.…”
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“…Teoricamente, o linkage probabilístico fornece uma captura mais verdadeira em relação ao determinístico. (28) No entanto, o linkage probabilístico envolve um algoritmo mais complicado e demorado que o determinístico. (29) Pesquisas comparando métodos probabilísticos e determinísticos descobriram que o probabilístico era mais preciso com dados de pior qualidade, enquanto o determinístico foi igualmente válido e mais veloz em dados de alta qualidade.…”
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“…(29) Pesquisas comparando métodos probabilísticos e determinísticos descobriram que o probabilístico era mais preciso com dados de pior qualidade, enquanto o determinístico foi igualmente válido e mais veloz em dados de alta qualidade. (28) No Brasil, em um estudo que comparou a porcentagem de registros associados entre SIM e Sinasc, foi encontrada predominância do método determinístico em 22 capitais do país. (24) Na análise de incompletude, todas as variáveis SIM e Sinasc foram classificadas como excelentes (menos de 5% de incompletude).…”
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“…resulted in 2,787 births for inclusion. Delivery and prenatal electronic medical records for these births were then linked using an optimized deterministic linking algorithm with three criteria (medical record number, maternal date of birth, and delivery date) (Blanchette, Dekoven, De, & Roberts, 2013;Joffe et al, 2014;Zhu, Matsuyama, Ohashi, & Setoguchi, 2015). Among the 2,787 linked birth records, those with missing information about previous cesarean history and ethnicity/race were individually reviewed to obtain this information.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…NJR records for primary and revision procedures (From February 2008 to February 2013) (1627 records) were linked to 5 years of HES records (which equates to 90 million records) (figure 1). This is in contrast to probabilistic linkage which estimates the likelihood that two records are for the same individual, even if they disagree on some fields 18. Linkage was conducted by the Health & Social Care Information Centre.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is in contrast to probabilistic linkage which estimates the likelihood that two records are for the same individual, even if they disagree on some fields. 18 Linkage was conducted by the Health & Social Care Information Centre. This was in line with best linkage practice with application of the 'separation principle' to allow the most ethical workflow.…”
Section: Strengths and Limitations Of This Studymentioning
confidence: 99%