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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or17.pdf
June 16, 2014 - Overview of Link Plus
Overview of Link Plus
Probabilistic
Record Linkage Software
Acknowledgements … • Melissa Jim, CDC/IHS
melissa.jim@ihs.gov
• David Espey, CDC/IHS
david.espey@ihs.gov
CDC/Link … @npaihb.org
mailto:melissa.jim@ihs.gov
mailto:david.espey@ihs.gov
mailto:ideanw@npaihb.org
Link … Plus Is Free
$0.00
Link Plus Is Easy To Use
Link Plus gets you from HERE:
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or17.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Overview of Link Plus
An … Plus
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Overview of Link Plus
Probabilistic Record Linkage Software
logo NPCR National … Plus Is Free
$0.00
Slide 6
Link Plus Is Easy To Use
Link Plus gets you from HERE :
Cancer … Plus
Slide 11
Obtaining/Updating Link Plus
logo NPCR National Program of Cancer Registries … Plus automatically cleans numbers, weird symbols
- Link Plus accounts for the switching of
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or18.jsp
July 01, 2016 - Link Plus Tip Sheet and Resources … (IDEA-NW) Project
Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Link Plus is a free probabilistic record … SAS macro programs developed to assist in the cleaning and linking of data using Link Plus (developed … directory of every Link Plus project to a single drive letter
Choose a drive letter, such as "L" … , to associate with all Link Plus projects.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or18.pdf
February 01, 2012 - Link Plus Tip Sheet and Resources
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board February 2012
Link … Improving Data & Enhancing Access (IDEA-NW) Project
Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Link … To more
easily navigate to your project’s folders and make Link Plus projects portable:
Map the … root directory of every Link Plus project to a single drive letter
o Choose a drive letter, such as … “L”, to associate with all Link Plus projects.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or16.pdf
June 16, 2014 - Link Plus - Self-Training Manual for Linkage
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Link Plus - Self-Training Manual for Linkage
Developed … Open Link Plus software
5. Select File > New Linkage. The linkage configuration screen opens. … , and store it by default in the Report folder
of the Link Plus directory. … By default Link Plus will write over the report file each time Link Plus is run. … A box in the Link Plus software informs you that the "Link process is done" and displays some
information
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or16.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Link Plus Self-Training Manual for Linkage … , and store it by default in the Report folder of the Link Plus directory. … By default Link Plus will write over the report file each time Link Plus is run. … A box in the Link Plus software informs you that the "Link process is done" and displays some information … Internet Citation: Link Plus Self-Training Manual for Linkage.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/fl9.pdf
April 06, 2011 - Linking AHCA to VS
Stage I
Within the inpatient hospital discharge data, we first
attempt to link … s DOB, mom’s SSN, and
facility of birth as the primary linking variables
Stage III
Attempt to link … infant and mom hospitalizations that did
not link to a maternal record from Stage #1 directly to the … 2008
Software To Facilitate Data Linkage
LinkSolv
AutoMatch
LinkageWiz
FRIL
LinkPlus
Link … Plus
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Set up data linkage Linkage Results
Manual Review and Summary
Link King
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Set up data
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/data_improve_linkages.jsp
February 01, 2025 - (Developed by a Florida recipient of an AHRQ Clinical Content Enhancement grant)
Using Link Plus … Software
Link Plus is a free probabilistic record linkage and de-duplication program developed by the … Overview of Link Plus ( PDF file, 394 KB; HTML )
A detailed presentation on using the Link Plus … (Developed by the Northwest grantee)
Link Plus Self-Training Manual for Linkage ( PDF file, 697 … (Developed by the Northwest grantee)
Link Plus Tip Sheet and Resources ( PDF file, 142 KB; HTML
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/fl9.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Stage 3: Attempt to link infant and mom hospitalizations that did not link to a maternal record from … Link Plus
Clockwise from upper left:
Screen in Link Plus software used to set up data linkage. … Link King
Clockwise from upper left:
Screen in Link King software used to set up data linkage. … Screen in Link King software used for manual review. … Screen in Link King software used for manual review.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/fl9.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Stage III: Attempt to link infant and mom hospitalizations that did not link to a maternal record from … Link Plus
Graphic - Clockwise from upper left:
Screen in Link Plus software used to set up data linkage … Link King
Graphic - Clockwise from upper left:
Screen in Link King software used to set up data linkage … Screen in Link King software used for manual review. … Screen in Link King software used for manual review.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/fl9.pdf
April 06, 2011 - Linking AHCA to VS
Stage I
Within the inpatient hospital discharge data, we first
attempt to link … s DOB, mom’s SSN, and
facility of birth as the primary linking variables
Stage III
Attempt to link … infant and mom hospitalizations that did
not link to a maternal record from Stage #1 directly to the … 2008
Software To Facilitate Data Linkage
LinkSolv
AutoMatch
LinkageWiz
FRIL
LinkPlus
Link … Plus
12
Set up data linkage Linkage Results
Manual Review and Summary
Link King
13
Set up data
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/maphosp.pdf
January 30, 2025 - Therefore, it is not
possible to link the NIS or KID to other HCUP or external databases or to track … The HOSPID could be used to link to other HCUP databases. … Therefore, it is not possible to link to other HCUP or external
databases or to track the same hospital … It does not link to other HCUP databases or external databases. … Linkages Between AHA and Data Source Identifiers
Row AHA Identifier DSHOSPID Link?
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/maphosp.jsp
November 01, 2020 - Therefore, it is not possible to link the NIS or KID to other HCUP or external databases or to track … The HOSPID could be used to link to other HCUP databases. … It does not link to other HCUP databases or external databases. … Prior to 2012, HOSPID could be used to link the NIS or the KID to the AHA Annual Survey to supplement … A SAS merge step is used to link the DSHOSPIDs to AHA identifiers.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or22.jsp
July 01, 2014 - Chlamydia: A I A N pre-link 263.8, A I A N post-link 386.6, All others post-link 284.0. … Gonorrhea: A I A N pre-link 25.3, A I A N post-link 39.2, All others post-link 39.0. … P and S Syphilis: A I A N pre-link 3.0, A I A N post-link 3.13, All others post-link 2.87. … A I A N pre-link 11.4, A I A N post-link 19.6, All others post-link 21.6.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or22.pdf
November 01, 2009 - AIAN post-link
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/key/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - KEY can be used to link within a HCUP database, such as linking records in the Core and Charges files … KEY can be used to link across HCUP databases within a data type, i.e., link records in the SID to records … KEY cannot be used to link records between HCUP inpatient and ambulatory surgery files.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/key/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - KEY can be used to link within a HCUP database, such as linking records in the Core and Charges files … KEY can be used to link across HCUP databases within a data type, i.e., link records in the SID to records … KEY cannot be used to link records between HCUP inpatient and ambulatory surgery files.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/key_nis/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - KEY_NIS can be used to link NIS records from different files, such as linking records from the NIS Core … and Severity files.KEY_NIS cannot be used to link to other HCUP databases (e.g. the SID). … KEY_NIS cannot be used to link to other HCUP databases (e.g. the SID).
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist/CA-Additional-Requirements.pdf
September 21, 2022 - I will not attempt to link, and will prohibit others from attempting to link, the discharge records of
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/about_grants_re.jsp
July 01, 2016 - Overview of Link Plus ( PDF file, 394 KB; HTML )
A detailed presentation on using the Link Plus … Link Plus Self-Training Manual for Linkage ( PDF file, 697 KB; HTML )
A user guide that explains … how to use the Link Plus software by walking through an example of a record linkage between the NTR … Link Plus Tip Sheet and Resources ( PDF file, 142 KB; HTML )
A two-page tip sheet offering ways … to make using Link Plus easier, with links to additional resources.