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Patients from the Canadian Forces do not have a PHIN. Leave blank. Put CF into province code. | Patients from the Canadian Forces do not have a PHIN. Leave blank. Put CF into province code. | ||
=== Pseudo | === Pseudo PHIN === | ||
Since the PHIN is used as a unique identifier for patients to detect repeat and continuous visits, a "''pseudo-PHIN''" is assigned for patients who don't have a PHIN. At this point, pseudo-PHINS are assigned manually by [[data processor|Pagasa]] based on a series she maintains. List of pseudo PHIN's used and next number available is kept in a blue book at Pagasa work station. | Since the PHIN is used as a unique identifier for patients to detect repeat and continuous visits, a "''pseudo-PHIN''" is assigned for patients who don't have a PHIN. At this point, pseudo-PHINS are assigned manually by [[data processor|Pagasa]] based on a series she maintains. List of pseudo PHIN's used and next number available is kept in a blue book at Pagasa work station. | ||
== Data Integrity == | == Data Integrity == | ||