The Use of Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Application With Noise (DBSCAN) for Record Linkage in An Observational HIV Cohort

Introduction The South African HIV Cancer Match (SAM) study is a probabilistic record linkage study involving creation of an HIV cohort from laboratory records from the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). This cohort was linked to the pathology based South African National Cancer Registry to...

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Main Authors: Victor Olago, Lina Bartels, Tafadzwa Dhokotera, Julia Bohlius, Matthias Egger, Elvira Singh, Mazvita Sengayi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1422