Liu C Author

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Performance Comparison between Two Solutions for Filtering Data Sets with Hierarchical Structures

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Levine M, Osei D, Cimino JJ, Liu C, Phillips BO, Shubrook JH and Jing X

Performance Comparison between Two Solutions for Filtering Data Sets with Hierarchical Structures

Controlled terminologies with hierarchical structures are utilized widely to code diagnoses (e.g., International Classification of Diseases, ICD) and other medical concepts (e.g., Medical Subject Headings, MeSH) in healthcare data sets. The coded data sets can be useful for advanced statistical analysis or to explore aggregated effects by using multiple data sets across institutions. The analysis of results can be evidence for administrative decisions (e.g., resources allocation) or to validate hypotheses. However, publicly accessible analytic tools for such data sets are lac... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-9307.S1-003

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