Allocating Unique Property Reference Numbers to Patient Addresses Using A Deterministic Address-Matching Algorithm: Evaluation of Accuracy, Match Rate and Bias

Allocating Unique Property Reference Numbers to Patient Addresses Using A Deterministic Address-Matching Algorithm: Evaluation of Accuracy, Match Rate and Bias

Introduction Representing patient-registered addresses as pseudonymised Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) enables linkage of environmental and household information to electronic health records (EHRs). However, the accuracy and potential biases in address-matching algorithm results applied t...

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Main Authors: Gill Harper, Kambiz Boomla, John Robson, David Stables, Zaheer Ahmed, Richard Fry, Carol Dezateux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/1465

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