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Enhancing observational data through linkage: opportunities and challenges

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When: Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 12–1 p.m.

Where: ICES, G-Wing, Conference Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Who: Katie Harron, BA, MSc, PhD; Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral research fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Topic: Enhancing observational data through linkage: opportunities and challenges.

Learning objectives:

  1. To outline the opportunities for using data linkage to improve data quality and ascertainment of outcomes in administrative data.
  2. To describe some of the challenges associated with error during the linkage process.
  3. To explore methods for evaluating linkage quality, understanding impact on results of analyses, and reporting studies based on linked administrative data.

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