[NO/URSA-CORE] Patients

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Object Description

One record per patient.

Metadata

  • Table Name: ursa.no_ursa_core_pat_001
  • Layer: NATURAL_OBJECT
  • Object Type: Single Stack
  • Temporal Class: Entity
  • Case ID: Patient ID
  • Primary Key: Patient ID

Published Fields

  • Data Model Keys

    • Patient ID -- The internal database identifier (used, e.g., for joins and primary keys) for the patient. This value is typically mastered, i.e., all records for the same patient, regardless of the source data system from which that record originated, should have the same Patient ID value. (Note that while the mastered Patient ID value might resemble a local identifier used in one of the upstream data sources, this does not indicate any special priority of that source system in determining the characteristics of the patient.) (See also [URSA-CORE] Patient)
    • Document ID -- The internal database identifier (used, e.g., for joins and primary keys) for the document. (See also [URSA-CORE] Document)
    • Source ID -- The identifier for the original source data system from which the current record originated.

  • Source Local Keys

    • Source Local Patient ID -- The internal database identifier for the patient in the source data system this record originated from. (See also [URSA-CORE] Patient)
    • Source Local Patient Master Identity ID -- An identifier used to uniquely identify the patient in the original source data system; typically derived through a data mastering process that identifies duplicate Source Local Patient ID values for the same (real-life) patient.

  • Operations Support Fields

    • Patient Operational ID -- The user-facing value used by staff used to uniquely identify the Patient in their administrative systems and/or day-to-day operations. (See also [URSA-CORE] Patient)

  • Patient Fields

    • Patient SSN
    • Patient MBI -- The patient's Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). On the Patients Natural Object, this reflects the most recent MBI known for the patient; on the Patient-Plan Timelines of Plan Membership Natural Object, this reflects the contemporaneous MBI during the respective timeline period.
    • Patient First Name
    • Patient Middle Name
    • Patient Middle Initial
    • Patient Last Name
    • Patient Date of Birth -- The patient's date of birth. On the Patients Natural Object, this field reflects the "best" known value for the patient available from all data sources; on other Natural Objects, e.g., MMR Member-Months, the value faithfully reflects the date of birth found on that particular type of record in the source data.
    • Patient Year of Birth
    • Patient Date of Death
    • Is Patient Deceased
    • Patient Address Line 1
    • Patient Address Line 2
    • Patient City
    • Patient State Abbreviation
    • Patient ZIP Code 5-Digit
    • Patient ZIP Code 9-Digit
    • Patient ZIP Code 3-Digit
    • Patient FIPS State and County Code
    • Patient SSA State and County Code
    • Patient County Description
    • UW HIP Area Deprivation Index National Percentile -- A value between 1 and 100 representing the composite measure of socioeconomic deprivation from University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health. Scores are for Census Block Group geographic level, which generally contains between 600 and 3,000 people. Higher scores indicate more deprivation, so a score of 1 indicates the least deprivation while a score of 100 indicates the most deprivation. Percentiles are constructed by ranking the ADI from low to high for the nation and grouping the block groups into bins corresponding to each 1% range of the ADI. The 2019 ADI was constructed using the 2015-2019 5-year estimates from the US Census' American Community Survey and includes 17 component measures that span the domains of income, education, employment, and housing quality. It may be linked with the 9-digit ZIP code crosswalk, which was built to correspond directly to Census block groups. The 2019 ADI was released on 07/14/2021 and is the most recent version as of 02/02/22.
    • UW HIP ADI Quintile Category -- The UW HIP Area Deprivation Index National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (ADI 1 is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while ADI 5 is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more deprivation, so ADI 1 is the least deprived while ADI 5 is the most deprived. Quintiles are frequently used in health research. They give larger sample sizes per group and are easier to plot and interpret. Quintiles also carry less information and group more dissimilar patients. Quintiles are good for descriptive analyses while the original percentile measure is preferable for predictive modeling. (See also [URSA-CORE] UW HIP Area Deprivation Index National Percentile)
    • UW HIP ADI Decile Category
    • CDC SVI Overall National Percentile -- Social Vulnerability Index is a composite score maintained by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention using data from the U.S. Census of Population and Housing. The score is a composite of 15 measures, with all directed so that higher values indicate more vulnerability. The composite finds the percentile ranking of each component value, sums the percentile rankings, and then finds the percentile ranking of the sums. Percentile ranks are found with the formula: Percentile Rank = (Rank-1) / (N-1). If any component is missing, then the composite is also recoded as missing. Measures are organized into the four themes of Socioeconomic Status, Household Composition & Disability, Minority Status & Language, and Housing Type & Transportation, and composites for these themes are constructed with the same methodology. SVI is reported at the Census Tract level. Tracts aim to include about 4000 people each. On average, there are about 4 Census Block groups for each Census Tract, so the SVI has less geographic resolution than the ADI. Ursa stores the 2018 version of the SVI, which was released on 01/31/2020 and is the most recent as of 02/02/22. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Overall Quintile Category)
    • CDC SVI Overall Quintile Category -- The CDC SVI Overall National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (the first quintile is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while the fifth is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more vulnerability, so the first quintile is the least vulnerable while the fifth is the most vulnerable. Quintiles are frequently used in health research. They give larger sample sizes per group and are easier to plot and interpret. Quintiles also carry less information and group more dissimilar patients. Quintiles are good for descriptive analyses while the original percentile measure is preferable for predictive modeling.
    • CDC SVI Socioeconomic Theme National Percentile -- Includes the five Census measures of (1) Percent below 150% poverty, (2) Unemployment rate, (3) Per-capita income, and (4) Percent with no high school diploma, (5) percent uninsured. Follows the same methodology as the overall SVI composite. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Socioeconomic Quintile Category, [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Overall National Percentile)
    • CDC SVI Socioeconomic Quintile Category -- The CDC SVI Socioeconomic Theme National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (the first quintile is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while the fifth is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more vulnerability, so the first quintile is the least vulnerable while the fifth is the most vulnerable. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Socioeconomic Theme National Percentile )
    • CDC SVI Household / Disability Theme National Percentile -- Includes the four Census measures of (1) Percent aged 65 or older (2) Percent aged 17 or younger, (3) Percent with a disability (noninstitutionalized and older than age 5), and (4) Percent single parent households. Follows the same methodology as the overall SVI composite. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Household / Disability Quintile Category, [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Overall National Percentile)
    • CDC SVI Household / Disability Quintile Category -- The CDC SVI Household/Disability Theme National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (the first quintile is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while the fifth is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more vulnerability, so the first quintile is the least vulnerable while the fifth is the most vulnerable. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Household / Disability Theme National Percentile )
    • CDC SVI Minority / Language Theme National Percentile -- Includes the two Census measures of (1) Percent minority (all persons except white, non-Hispanic), (2) Percent who speak English "less than well" (persons age 5+). Follows the same methodology as the overall SVI composite. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Minority / Language Quintile Category, [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Overall National Percentile)
    • CDC SVI Minority / Language Quintile Category -- The CDC SVI Minority/Language Theme National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (the first quintile is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while the fifth is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more vulnerability, so the first quintile is the least vulnerable while the fifth is the most vulnerable. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Minority / Language Theme National Percentile)
    • CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Theme National Percentile -- Includes the five Census measures of (1) Percent housing structures with 10 or more units, (2) Percent mobile homes, (3) Percent households with more people than rooms, (4) Percent households with no vehicle available, (5) Percent living in group quarters (such as correctional facilities, nursing homes, college dorms, and military barracks). Follows the same methodology as the overall SVI composite. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Quintile Category, [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Overall National Percentile)
    • CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Quintile Category -- The CDC SVI Housing/Transportation Theme National Percentile grouped into 5 levels, each spanning 20 percentile points (the first quintile is percentile scores from 1 to 20 while the fifth is scores from 81 to 100). Higher scores indicate more vulnerability, so the first quintile is the least vulnerable while the fifth is the most vulnerable. (See also [URSA-CORE] CDC SVI Housing / Transportation Theme National Percentile)
    • Census ACS Percentage Below Poverty
    • Census ACS Unemployment Rate
    • Census ACS Per Capita Income
    • Census ACS Percentage Without HS Diploma
    • Census ACS Percentage 65 and Older
    • Census ACS Percentage Aged 17 and Younger
    • Census ACS Percentage with Disability
    • Census ACS Percentage Single-Parent Households
    • Census ACS Percentage Minority
    • Census ACS Percentage Speak English Less Than Well
    • Census ACS Percentage Households Without Vehicle
    • Census ACS Percentage Uninsured
    • Patient Phone
    • Patient Email
    • Is Patient Sex Female -- Indicates the patient's sex is female. On the Patients Natural Object, this field reflects the "best" known value for the patient available from all data sources; on other Natural Objects, e.g., MMR Member-Months, the value faithfully reflects the patient sex documented on that particular type of record in the source data.
    • Is Patient Sex Male -- Indicates the patient's sex is male. On the Patients Natural Object, this field reflects the "best" known value for the patient available from all data sources; on other Natural Objects, e.g., MMR Member-Months, the value faithfully reflects the patient sex documented on that particular type of record in the source data.
    • Is Patient Race American Indian or Alaska Native
    • Is Patient Race Asian
    • Is Patient Race Black or African American
    • Is Patient Race Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
    • Is Patient Race White
    • Is Patient Race Other
    • Is Patient Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino
    • Employer Description
    • Patient Employee Number

  • Metadata Fields

    • Record Last Updated Datetime -- The date and time the current record was last updated in the original data source.
    • Source Data Effective Datetime -- The "as of" date and time of the original source data system at the moment the current record was extracted. For example, if a snapshot of the data in a production system is taken at 12:05 AM on the first of each month and used to generate a package of flat files that are eventually loaded into the Ursa Studio client database later that month, the Source Data Effective Datetime of all records in that month's package will be 12:05 AM on the first. Not to be confused with Record Last Updated Datetime. (See also [URSA-CORE] Record Last Updated Datetime)
    • Random Integer 1 to 1000

Terms

  • Patient: A past, current, or potential future individual consumer of health care services.

Dedicated Precursors

  • [NO/URSA-CORE] Patients, Precursor 1 (All Source Records): One record per patient record in a data source