The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and social care datasets

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Authors

Ronan A Lyons · Swansea University

Kerina Jones · Swansea University

Gareth John · Public Health Wales

Caroline Brooks · Swansea University

Jean-Philippe Verplancke · Swansea University

David Ford · Swansea University

Ginevra Brown ·

Abstract

With the infrastructure that has been put in place, the reliable matching process that has been developed enables an ALF to be consistently allocated to records in the databank. The SAIL databank represents a research-ready platform for record-linkage studies.

Topics & Keywords

Data Quality and Management Electronic Health Records Systems Ethics in Clinical Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 3-3

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-3

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