Table 1 Person, place and time attribute associations in patient medical records
Descriptive epidemiology concept | Attribute association description | Core attributes from chronic disease record | Questions relevant to probability of error in attribute association | Association |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | Patient identifying fields | Patient names, date of birth, government issued ID | What is the probability that the correct patient was not identified? | 1 |
Time | Patient: date of diagnosis | Patient, date of diagnosis, diagnostic confirmation | What is the probability that the correct date of diagnosis was not identified? | 2 |
Place | Patient: address at diagnosis | Patient, date of diagnosis, address, postal code, and postal locality or city | 1. What is the probability that the correct address of patient primary residence was not identified? 2. What is the probability that the chosen address does not match to one and only one address in the universe of known addresses? | 3 |