05.Data linkage02.Linkage by geolocation - sporedata/researchdesigneR GitHub Wiki
- This linkage method is used whenever a dataset with individual patients also has a geolocation variable for either the patient or the health care unit, e.g., a hospital. One should be careful, however, since geolocation for individual patients is considered a protected health information.
- A dataset with a geolocation variable: address, zip code, zcta, state, country
Since this method connects individual patients to broad geolocation, ecological analysis methods should be used.
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[1] Nowok B. synthpop: An R package for generating synthetic versions of sensitive microdata for statistical disclosure control. Technical report, Administrative Data Research Centre, Univ. of Edinburgh; 2016.