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Table 2 Match rates before and after correction and records with improved accuracies

From: An effective and efficient approach for manually improving geocoded data

Dataset

Number of Records n

Original Match Rate %: n

Corrected Match Rate %: n

Accuracy Improvements %: n

Hospitals

418

100%: 418

100%: 418

86.1%: 360

Radiation

2,011

99%: 1,990

100%: 2,010

92.7%: 1,865

PD

17,471

81.6%: 14,252

97.4%: 17,013

34.7%: 6,064

Prostate Res.

1,944

53.5%: 1,309

71.7%: 1,393

24.9%: 484

Prostate Occ.

473

0%: 0

78.7%: 372

N/A

Overall

22,317

79.3%: 17,699

95%: 21,206

39.3%: 8,773