Use of administrative record linkage to measure medical and social risk factors for early developmental vulnerability in Ontario, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Linkage of demographic, health, and developmental administrative data can enrich population-based surveillance and research on developmental and educational outcomes. Transparency of the record linkage process and results are required to assess potential biases. OBJECTIVES: To describe the approach used to link records of kindergarten children from the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in Ontario to health administrative data and …

Authors

Saunders NR; Janus M; Porter J; Lu H; Gaskin A; Kalappa G; Guttmann A

Journal

International Journal for Population Data Science, Vol. 6, No. 1,

Publisher

Swansea University

DOI

10.23889/ijpds.v6i1.1407

ISSN

2399-4908

Associated Experts

Magdalena Janus

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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