Webinar Files
Fundamentals of Linking Public Health Datasets
Linking Test Databases to Evaluate Record Linkage Models and Train Linkage Practitioners
Initiate Presentation: Probabilistic linking of healthcare data
Hi all
Here is slightly revised agenda and presentation slides for the 2nd Conference Call on Probabilistic Record Linkage of Public Health Data. The details for this conference call, funded by CDC Assessment Initiative, are:
DATE AND TIME: March 30, 2007, at 3:00 - 4:30 P.M. EST
TOPIC: Probabilistic Linkage of Public Health Data: Linkage Process, Variables and Linkage Accuracy
AGENDA
3:00-3:05:
Introductions
3:05-3:20
Kathleen K. Thoburn, National Program of Cancer Registries, CDC Contractor, Northrop Grumman:
§ Fundamentals of Linking Public Health Datasets using NPCR's Link Plus:
o Probabilistic Linkage
o Theory
o Basic Linkage Steps
3:20-3:40
Scott Schumacher, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Initiate Systems
§ Minimum set of variables for linkage; their relative strengths and limitations.
§ Scalability: how these systems will perform as we move to national-scale databases.
3:40-4:00
Michael McGlincy, PhD, President, Strategic Matching, Inc.
§ Probabilistic linkage methods and variables used in the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) project, including the use of artificial data to measure linkage accuracy.
4:00-4:30
Open Discussion