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Address Matching
- A process that relates street addresses with attributes to geographic locations such as latitude and longitude,
census blocks or tracts, administrative boundaries, or ZIP Codes.
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Centroid Match
- The technique of assigning a point location to the center of a line segment or polygon, which is used
when a street address number location is not found in the address matching process.
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DRG
- A Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) is a classification system designed to manage, control, and reduce Medicare
spending for hospital care. ICD-9-CM codes were used in the creation of this system to standardize clinical referencing
and to allow researchers to conduct statistical analysis on the data.
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Epidemiology
- The branch of medicine that studies the occurrence, distribution, and methods of containing disease.
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Geocoding
- The process of matching tabular data that contains location information such as street addresses with real-world coordinates.
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ICD-9-CM Codes
- The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) is used to classify morbidity
and mortality information for statistical purposes and to index hospital records by diseases and operations.
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Managed Care
- Health plans that control the cost and quality of care by coordinating medical and related services. Most Americans
who have private health insurance are enrolled in managed care programs.
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Vital Records
- Records of events, such as births and deaths, that are maintained by public health agencies.
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