Record Linkage: Statistical Models for Matching Computer Records

@article{citeulike:2861610, abstract = {We wish to measure the evidence that a pair of records relates to the same, rather than different, individuals. The paper emphasizes statistical models which can be fitted to a file of record pairs known to be correctly matched, and then used to estimate likelihood ratios. A number of models are developed and applied to UK immigration statistics. The combination of likelihood ratios for possibly correlated record fields is discussed.}, author = {Copas, J. B. and Hilton, F. J. }, citeulike-article-id = {2861610}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2982975}, journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society)}, keywords = {ehr, record\_linking}, number = {3}, pages = {287--320}, posted-at = {2008-06-04 16:55:00}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing for the Royal Statistical Society}, title = {Record Linkage: Statistical Models for Matching Computer Records}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2982975}, volume = {153}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2861610 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2861610 TI - Record Linkage: Statistical Models for Matching Computer Records JF - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society) VL - 153 IS - 3 SP - 287 EP - 320 PB - Blackwell Publishing for the Royal Statistical Society N2 - We wish to measure the evidence that a pair of records relates to the same, rather than different, individuals. The paper emphasizes statistical models which can be fitted to a file of record pairs known to be correctly matched, and then used to estimate likelihood ratios. A number of models are developed and applied to UK immigration statistics. The combination of likelihood ratios for possibly correlated record fields is discussed. KW - ehr KW - record_linking AU - Copas, JB AU - Hilton, FJ PY - 1990/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2982975 ER -