A decade of data linkage in Western Australia: strategic design, applications and benefits of the WA data linkage system
Australian Health Review2008Vol. 32(4), pp. 766–777
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C. D’Arcy J. Holman, John A Bass, D L Rosman, Merran B. Smith, James B. Semmens, Emma J. Glasson, Emma L. Brook, Brooke Trutwein, Ian Rouse, Charles R. Watson, Nicholas de Klerk, Fiona Stanley
Abstract
Longitudinal studies have become cheaper and more complete; deletion of duplicate records and correction of data artifacts have enhanced the quality of information assets; data linkage has conserved patient privacy; community machinery necessary for organised responses to health and social problems has been exercised; and the commercial return on research infrastructure investment has exceeded 1000%. Most importantly, there have been unbiased contributions to medical knowledge and identifiable advances in population health arising from the research.
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