Record Linkage Study Paul Tully, NHU 28 March 2014 There was an excellent study conducted by Curtin University in Australia, Center for Data Linkage, part of the Healthcare college at the university In it they compared the results of 10+ record linkage software vendors on record linkage accuracy for small, medium, and large (Millions) of records The top winners were Data Ladder's Datamatch Enterprise solution IBM's Infosphere and SAS Overall it was an excellent study and really showed how some better software can drastically improve record linkage in population studies Competing interests We currently use Data Ladder's software
Record Linkage Study
28 March 2014
There was an excellent study conducted by Curtin University in Australia, Center for Data Linkage, part of the Healthcare college at the university
In it they compared the results of 10+ record linkage software vendors on record linkage accuracy for small, medium, and large (Millions) of records
The top winners were
Data Ladder's Datamatch Enterprise solution
IBM's Infosphere
and SAS
Overall it was an excellent study and really showed how some better software can drastically improve record linkage in population studies
Competing interests
We currently use Data Ladder's software