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Table 5 Persons who died in 2008–09: hospitalisations prior to death by condition and linkage strategy

From: Optimal strategy for linkage of datasets containing a statistical linkage key and datasets with full personal identifiers

Condition

Full probabilistic model

SLK-581 strategy

 

Basic

Most recent

Most frequent

Any match

Rate (%)

Cancer

36.1

28.3

33.8

33.8

34.2

Cardiovascular disease

47.4

41.5

44.2

44.1

44.8

Mental Illness

10.1

8.9

9.3

9.3

9.6

Asthma

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

Arthritis

19.7

13.7

18.4

18.3

18.6

Diabetes

21.2

19.1

19.7

19.6

20.0

Injury

42.2

37.7

39.1

39.1

39.8

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions

47.3

41.3

44.2

44.1

44.8

Rate ratio

Cancer

1.00

0.78

0.94

0.94

0.95

Cardiovascular disease

1.00

0.88

0.93

0.93

0.95

Mental Illness

1.00

0.88

0.92

0.92

0.95

Asthma

1.00

0.86

0.94

0.94

0.96

Arthritis

1.00

0.69

0.93

0.93

0.95

Diabetes

1.00

0.91

0.93

0.93

0.94

Injury

1.00

0.89

0.93

0.93

0.95

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions

1.00

0.87

0.93

0.93

0.95

  1. SLK: Statistical Linkage Key.