Achievements
Since its establishment in 2006, the CHeReL's linkage
system and expertise have become core infrastructure for research,
population health surveillance and health system performance
monitoring. The CHeReL has established and maintained
relationships with a wide range of research and government
organisations, fostering collaborative investment in the CHeReL and
efficient use of research infrastructure funds in NSW.
The CHeReL has incorporated core administrative
data collections for NSW into the Master Linkage Key
(MLK). Data collections for the ACT are being progressively
added. The MLK now contains pointers to over 44 million records in
these datasets for more than 9 million individuals. New
data collections are being added over time and demand for
record linkage services continues to grow, as shown in the figure
below.
The results of many of these studies have been published in
peer-reviewed journals, and are listed on the Publications page.
