title: [Perinatal registration: a pilot study of matching of data from the National Obstetrics Registration and the National Neonatology Registration].
abstract: The application of a statistical matching procedure was tested in a pilot study, linking data from the National Obstetrics Registration (hospital-based) with data from the pilot National Neonatology Registration. Linkage appeared feasible, maintaining anonymity of the registered mother-infant pairs. The perinatal database thus formed was suitable for perinatal epidemiological research. Consequently a continuous perinatal database may be formed from the operational home and hospital based National Obstetrics Registration and the National Neonatology Registration which has started on June 1, 1991, allowing ongoing surveillance of perinatal care in the Netherlands.
authors.affiliation: Nederlands Institute voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO, Leiden.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Verloove-Vanhorick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brand
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D009359:Neonatology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012042:Registries
vernacular_title: Perinatale registratie: een proefonderzoek naar koppeling van gegevens uit de Landelijke Verloskunde Registratie en de Landelijke Neonatologie Registratie.