PMID: 11320072Apr 26, 2001Paper

Record linkage of health care insurance claims

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
T W Victor, R M Mera

Abstract

This paper provides a detailed description of a method developed for purposes of linking records of individual patients, represented in diverse data sets, across time and geography. The procedure for record linkage has three major components-data standardization, weight estimation, and matching. The proposed method was designed to incorporate a combination of exact and probabilistic matching techniques. The procedure was validated using convergent, divergent, and criterion validity measures. The output of the process achieved a sensitivity of 92 percent and a specificity that approached 100 percent. The procedure is a first step in addressing the current trend toward larger and more complex databases.

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