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documentation:cdm:observation_period [2014/11/19 22:29]
cgreich
documentation:cdm:observation_period [2017/09/25 15:00]
clairblacketer
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-===== OBSERVATION_PERIOD =====+===== OBSERVATION_PERIOD ​table ===== 
 +**THIS IS OUTDATED. All documentation is now on the [[https://​github.com/​OHDSI/​CommonDataModel/​wiki|github wiki]]. Please refer there or to the [[projects:​workgroups:​cdm-wg|CDM working group]] for more information**
  
 The OBSERVATION_PERIOD table contains records which uniquely define the spans of time for which a Person is at-risk to have clinical events recorded within the source systems, even if no events in fact are recorded (healthy patient with no healthcare interactions). The OBSERVATION_PERIOD table contains records which uniquely define the spans of time for which a Person is at-risk to have clinical events recorded within the source systems, even if no events in fact are recorded (healthy patient with no healthcare interactions).
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   * For EHR data, the observation period cannot be determined explicitly, because patients usually do not announce their departure from a certain healthcare provider. The ETL will have to apply some heuristic to make a reasonable guess on what the observation_period should be. Refer to the ETL documentation for details.   * For EHR data, the observation period cannot be determined explicitly, because patients usually do not announce their departure from a certain healthcare provider. The ETL will have to apply some heuristic to make a reasonable guess on what the observation_period should be. Refer to the ETL documentation for details.
  
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documentation/cdm/observation_period.txt · Last modified: 2017/09/25 15:00 by clairblacketer