Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 616-626, June 2001

Probabilistic Linkage of Computerized Ambulance and Inpatient Hospital Discharge Records: A Potential Tool for Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services☆☆☆

Departments of Pediatrics and Family and Preventive Medicine, Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

Received 11 October 1999; received in revised form 5 June 2000 and 17 January 2001; accepted 20 February 2001.

Address for correspondence: J. Michael Dean, MD, MBA, Division of Critical Care, University of, Utah School of Medicine, Primary Children’s Medical Center, 100 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113; 801-588-3280, fax 801-588-3297; E-mail mike.dean@hsc.utah.edu

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☆ Supported by Cooperative Agreement DTNH22-92-Y-57329 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, US Department of Transportation, and Cooperative Agreement MCH-494003-02-0 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services.

☆☆ Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(01)05754-7

doi:10.1067/mem.2001.115214

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 616-626, June 2001

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