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. 2015 Jul 21;23(2):339–348. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv091

Table 1:

Precomputed clinical item (co)-occurrence count statistics

Notation Definition
n A Number of instances where item A occurs
n ABt Number of occurrences where item B follows item A within time threshold t
N A Number of patients for whom item A occurs
N ABt Number of patients for whom item B follows A within time t
N Total number of patients

Lowercase values allow for repeat item counting, while uppercase values represent patient counts that ignore repeat items per patient.