Postal Code field: Difference between revisions

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==== N/A-Homeless ====
==== N/A-Homeless ====
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - Homeless]]
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - Homeless]]
* this should often be grouped with [[#MB-Winnipeg]]: most homeless are geographically located in Winnipeg, and the socioeconomic concept is already separately tracked in the [[Pre acute living situation field]].


* this should often be grouped with "Winnipeg": most homeless are geographically located in Winnipeg, and the socioeconomic concept is already separately tracked in the [[Pre acute living situation field]].
===== Data integrity for homeless patients =====
===== Data integrity for homeless patients =====
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==== N/A-JDoe ====  
==== N/A-JDoe ====  
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - John or Jane Doe patient]] / [[John or Jane Doe patient]]
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - John or Jane Doe patient]] / [[John or Jane Doe patient]]
* this should often be grouped with "Winnipeg" since this group is tiny and the situation often arises in Winnipeg
* this should often be grouped with [[#MB-Winnipeg]]: this group is tiny and the situation often arises in Winnipeg
* this situation often resolves later in an admission, so this may well be different in initial data than in vetted data
* this situation often resolves later in an admission, so this may well be different in initial data than in vetted data
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==== N/A-notCanada ====
==== N/A-notCanada ====
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - out-of-country resident]]
* patients collected as [[#"N/A" - out-of-country resident]]
* this should often be grouped with [[#MB-Winnipeg]]:


==== Rest Non MB Postal  Code Grouping ====
==== Non-MB-Rest====
*Any code not in the other categories above
* Any code not in the other categories above
* In use, this should often be grouped with [[#N/A-notCanada]]


=== [[Postal Code Master table]] ===
=== [[Postal Code Master table]] ===