Client and birth record linkage: a method, biases, and lessons.
"Due to rising data collection costs and the availability of extant data files, record linkage is becoming increasingly important in evaluation research. We begin by discussing record linkage as a data-generating technique and its applicability to evaluation studies.  This paper--part of a larger study assessing the perinatal outcomes of a comprehensive prenatal program for poor, urban women--describes a method for linking client records to live and stillbirth records [in Cleveland, Ohio]. Biases which can enter into the linkage process and general issues which need to be addressed early in an investigation are also discussed."
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D000569:Americas; D015982:Bias; D001719:Birth Certificates; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005313:Fetal Death; D007226:Infant Mortality; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D009820:Ohio; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D014798:Vital Statistics
Americas; Bias; Birth Records; Data Collection; Data Linkage; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Error Sources; Evaluation; Evaluation Methodology; Fetal Death; Infant Mortality; Measurement; Mortality; North America; Northern America; Ohio; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Research Methodology; United States; Vital Statistics