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We obtained a linkage proportion of 64.8% resulting in complete prescribing and dispensing history of 110,102 patients.
This step is critical as non-pre-processed linkage variables result in a decreased linkage proportion because true matches are more frequently missed [ 22].
32 The validity of probabilistic record linkage is high; 35 and the linkage proportion for maternal hospital and birth records is 98.1%.
For this study, the NSW Centre for Health Record Linkage reported high linkage quality with 3 per 1,000 false positive and <5 per 1,000 missed links [ 9], and the linkage proportion for maternal records is over 98%% [ 10].
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Linkage proportions for the two datasets were over 97percentt[ 24].
Linkage proportions are likely to increase if more personal identifiers are available.
The NSW Centre for Health Record Linkage carried out probabilistic record linkage between the two databases, with linkage proportions over 98%% [ 25], prior to providing the researchers with de-identified records for analysis.
The aims of this study were to (i) describe probabilistic linkage for perinatal records in New South Wales (NSW) Australia, (ii) determine linkage proportions for these perinatal records, and (iii) assess records with complete linkage of mother and infant hospital-birth record and unlinked records for systematic differences.
The aims of this study were to (i) describe probabilistic linkage for perinatal records in New South Wales (NSW) Australia, (ii) determine linkage proportions for these perinatal records, and (iii) assess records with linked mother and infant hospital-birth record, and unlinked records for systematic differences.
In this way, linkage groups were created between markers that were linked with a two-point LOD score > 5, had a minimum of 0.4 times the average number of meioses, shared linkages with no more than six other groups and had a minimum linkage ratio (i.e. the proportion of two point linkages for a given marker to other markers in the same linkage group) of 0.5.
Using data linkage, the proportion of STI and BBV notifications with missing Aboriginality data was reduced by 74percentnt.
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