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Table 10 Main results for clinical file

From: De-identifying a public use microdata file from the Canadian national discharge abstract database

 

TOTAL_LOS_DAYS

TOTAL_LOS_WEEKS

 

0.2

0.05

0.04

0.2

0.05

0.04

 

Comb.

Complete

Comb.

Complete

Comb.

Complete

Comb.

Complete

Comb.

Complete

Comb.

Complete

GENDER_CODE

0.002

0.003

0.005

0.005

0.006

0.006

0.002

0.004

0.004

0.01

0.004

0.012

AGE_GROUP

2.5

6.2

7.6

16.7

8.86

19.2

1.32

3.7

4.2

9.8

4.8

11.25

TOTAL_LOS_XXX

1.2

6.8

1.8

12.3

1.9

13.3

1.2

4.7

1.8

7.08

1.9

7.4

MRDx

15.8

16.4

30.4

29

33

31.1

10.2

10.8

19.8

20

21.6

21.7

CMG_CODE

15.8

16.4

30.4

29

33

31.1

10.2

10.8

19.8

20

21.6

21.7

DIAG_BLOCK

11.4

5.4

24.2

10.2

27

11.1

6.96

3.5

15.1

6.8

16.5

7.5

DIAG_CHAPTER

2.22

0.14

5

0.28

5.6

0.34

1.4

0.066

3.3

0.16

3.7

0.19

CCI_CODE

7.4

9.16

12.3

14

13.2

14.8

4.9

6.7

8.9

11.22

9.6

12

SHORT_CCI

7.4

9.16

12.3

14

13.2

14.8

4.9

6.7

8.9

11.22

9.6

12

Total % Cells Suppressed

7.08

7.74

13.77

13.94

15.1

15.1

4.6

5.2

9.1

9.6

9.92

10.4

Entropy (%)

100

123

201

237

219

259

50

68

114

143

126

158

  1. Missingness (as a percentage of all records) for different probability threshold levels and levels of LOS detail for the quasi-identifiers in the second PUMF for combinations ("comb") and complete algorithms. The last two rows show the percentage of cells in the quasi-identifiers that are suppressed and the entropy change from the baseline as a percentage.