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. 2022 Jun;112(6):923–930. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306783

TABLE 2—

Matches of Patients Having Electronic Health Records (EHRs) With Protected Identification Keys (PIKs) to Respondents in the American Community Survey (ACS) : United States

No. of Matches Total No. of EHRs With PIKs (Constant Over Time) Match Rates of EHRs With PIKs
Overall, all ACS years 29 000 187 000 15.508
2001 450 187 000 0.241
2002 400 187 000 0.214
2003 500 187 000 0.267
2004 450 187 000 0.241
2005 1 700 187 000 0.909
2006 1 900 187 000 1.016
2007 1 700 187 000 0.909
2008 1 800 187 000 0.963
2009 1 800 187 000 0.963
2010 1 900 187 000 1.016
2011 1 900 187 000 1.016
2012 2 300 187 000 1.230
2013 2 400 187 000 1.283
2014 2 500 187 000 1.337
2015 2 500 187 000 1.337
2016 2 400 187 000 1.283
2017 2 300 187 000 1.230

Note. The US Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release, CBDRB-FY21-POP001-0087. All numbers are rounded according to US Census Bureau disclosure protocols.

Source. ACS data (2001–2017) and EHRs from a health care system in the southeastern United States (2016–2019).