History of the Rochester Epidemiology Project: Half a Century of Medical Records Linkage in a US Population
Abstract
The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) has maintained a comprehensive medical records linkage system for nearly half a century for almost all persons residing in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Herein, we provide a brief history of the REP before and after 1966, the year in which the REP was officially established. The key protagonists before 1966 were Henry Plummer, Mabel Root, and Joseph Berkson, who developed a medical records linkage system at...
Paper Details
Title
History of the Rochester Epidemiology Project: Half a Century of Medical Records Linkage in a US Population
Published Date
Dec 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
87
Issue
12
Pages
1202 - 1213
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