[Probabilistic record linkage: recovery of data on infant deaths and stillbirths in Maranhão State, Brazil]. / Relacionamento probabilístico: recuperação de informações de óbitos infantis e natimortos em localidade no Maranhão, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica
; 27(7): 1371-9, 2011 Jul.
Article
en Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21808821
ABSTRACT
This study used probabilistic record linkage to estimate underreporting of stillbirths and infant deaths in Maranhão State, Northeast Brazil, in 2008. Records were linked between the Hospital Information System (SIH) (N = 374,418) and the Mortality Information System (SIM) (N = 26,597), using data extraction, identification, and processing software. Under-recording rates were 9.7% for stillbirths, 12% for neonatal deaths, and 5.3% for post-neonatal deaths. In the larger municipalities, the correction of the infant mortality rate was greater than 19%. The superiority of information on infant deaths in the SIH (as compared to the SIM) was 6.5% in municipalities with < 25 thousand inhabitants, 2% in municipalities with 25-80 thousand inhabitants, and 8.3% in those with > 80 thousand inhabitants. Inconsistencies involved non-completion of items/variables, discordant data on the same event, and in some cases even total absence of death records. The method proved useful for retrieving mortality data for the SIM from the SIH.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sistemas de Información
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Mortalidad Infantil
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Registro Médico Coordinado
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Mortinato
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Cad Saude Publica
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil