05.Data linkage02.Linkage by geolocation - sporedata/researchdesigneR GitHub Wiki

1. Use cases: in which situations should I use this method?

  • 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.

2. Input: what kind of data does the method require?

  • A dataset with a geolocation variable: address, zip code, zcta, state, country

3. Algorithm: how does the method work?

Since this method connects individual patients to broad geolocation, ecological analysis methods should be used.

Data science packages

Learning materials

  1. Books
  2. Articles
    • synthpop: An R package for generating synthetic versions of sensitive microdata for statistical disclosure control [1].

References

[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.

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