Probabilistically Linkage of California’s Birth Certificate and Hospital Discharge Data
Our linkage algorithm produces effective linked data that can be used for epidemiological research. This process is complex and needs to be evaluated every year as some of the variables change, or some added information becomes available in some files.
Authors
- Bharti Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-0623)
- Blair G. Darney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-028X)
- Aaron B. Caughey
Institutions
- Portland State University (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000002139
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Data Quality and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.11