Title |
The promise of record linkage for assessing the uptake of health services in resource constrained settings: a pilot study from South Africa
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Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-14-71 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Chodziwadziwa W Kabudula, Benjamin D Clark, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Stephen Tollman, Jane Menken, Georges Reniers |
Abstract |
Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) have been instrumental in advancing population and health research in low- and middle- income countries where vital registration systems are often weak. However, the utility of HDSS would be enhanced if their databases could be linked with those of local health facilities. We assess the feasibility of record linkage in rural South Africa using data from the Agincourt HDSS and a local health facility. |
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Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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United States | 2 | 2% |
South Africa | 2 | 2% |
Australia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 94 | 95% |
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Researcher | 21 | 21% |
Student > Master | 20 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 8% |
Other | 7 | 7% |
Other | 15 | 15% |
Unknown | 15 | 15% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 25% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 13% |
Computer Science | 11 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 9% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 5% |
Other | 14 | 14% |
Unknown | 22 | 22% |
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