Record linkage
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 327264 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | A process, technique or method that enables the bringing together of two or more records that are believed to belong to the same individual. |
| Context: | Record linkage may facilitate improved service provision, treatment or case management to individual clients. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | Linkage can occur across data systems or within data systems and may be done by using a range of identifiers. For statistical purposes, including planning, research or the measurement of service or program outcomes, record linkage facilitates separating multiple items clustered around individuals from total counts (for example, double counting of clients can be reduced when calculating total numbers of clients across several agencies). The proposed use of a linkage key in the Home and Community Care program (HACC) Minimum Data Set is intended to make it possible to count the number of HACC clients (without counting clients more than once) and the services which they receive. The Commonwealth-State Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set is using the statistical linkage key based on that for the HACC Minimum Data Set. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services 1998 Home and Community Care (HACC) Data Dictionary Version 1.0 Canberra: DHFS |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from  Record linkage, version 2, DEC, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.6 KB)No registration status |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Estimated date flag code N Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Person (name)—given name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Person (name)—given name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 20/06/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |