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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Innov Health Inform. 2017 Jun 30;24(2):891. doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i2.891

Table 5. False and missed matches after different thresholds for probabilistic matching.

Overall (1998 to 2015) Relaxed Middle (as in main results) Strict
False matches 1.8% 1.8% 1.4%
Missed matches 0.6% 0.7% 1.6%
1998 to 2003
False matches 3.7% 3.6% 2.5%
Missed matches 2.3% 2.4% 6.8%
2004 to 2009
False matches 1.2% 1.1% 1.2%
Missed matches 0.4% 0.4% 0.8%
2010 to 2015
False matches 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Missed matches 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%