Data linkage of two national databases: Lessons learned from linking the Dutch Arthroplasty Register with the Dutch Foundation for Pharmaceutical Statistics

• Heather E. van Brug ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: h.e.van_brug@lumc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4253-9066

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• Frits R. Rosendaal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Liza N. van Steenbergen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dutch Arthroplasty Register, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

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• Rob G. H. H. Nelissen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Dutch Arthroplasty Register, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

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• Maaike G. J. Gademan

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

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