Trauma registry record linkage: methodological approach to benefit from complementary data using the example of the German Pelvic Injury Register and the TraumaRegister DGU(®)

Burkhardt, Markus; Nienaber, Ulrike; Holstein, Joerg H.; Culemann, Ulf; Bouillon, Bertil; Aghayev, Emin; Paffrath, Thomas; Maegele, Marc; Pohlemann, Tim; Lefering, Rolf; TraumaRegister DGU(®), ; Pelvic Injury Register of the German Trauma Society, (2013). Trauma registry record linkage: methodological approach to benefit from complementary data using the example of the German Pelvic Injury Register and the TraumaRegister DGU(®). BMC Medical research methodology, 13, p. 30. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2288-13-30

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In Germany, hospitals can deliver data from patients with pelvic fractures selectively or twofold to two different trauma registries, i.e. the German Pelvic Injury Register (PIR) and the TraumaRegister DGU(®) (TR). Both registers are anonymous and differ in composition and content. We describe the methodological approach of linking these registries and reidentifying twofold documented patients. The aim of the approach is to create an intersection set that benefit from complementary data of each registry, respectively. Furthermore, the concordance of data entry of some clinical variables entered in both registries was evaluated.

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