Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: Implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population

An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery

Sean M. O’Brien, David R. Clarke, Jeffrey P. Jacobs et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2009 · 721 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +11

Linking inpatient clinical registry data to Medicare claims data using indirect identifiers

Bradley G. Hammill, Adrian F. Hernandez, Eric D. Peterson et al. · American Heart Journal · 2009 · 385 citations · Full text

Computing, Biomedical Informatics, Health Informatics +11

Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database

Christopher Curzon, Sarah Milford–Beland, Jennifer S. Li et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2008 · 301 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +15

Probabilistic record linkage is a valid and transparent tool to combine databases without a patient identification number

Nora Méray, Johannes B. Reitsma, Anita C.J. Ravelli et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2007 · 258 citations

Computing, Biomedical Informatics, Health Informatics +6

Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: Historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code

Rodney C. G. Franklin, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Otto N. Krogmann et al. · Cardiology in the Young · 2008 · 177 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Pediatrics +9