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. 2012 Feb 1;19(e1):e157–e161. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000329

Table 4.

Sensitivity per linkage variable

Sensitivity Linkage variable
86.5% Social security number (overall)
87.4% First+last name+date of birth
93.1% First name
94.5% Social security number (when present)
95.2% Last name
96.7%–97.2% Hash consisting of first two letters of first and last names+date of birth
99.7% Date of birth