Ensuring Confidentiality of Geocoded Health Data: Assessing Geographic Masking Strategies for Individual-Level Data

Public health datasets increasingly use geographic identifiers such as an individual’s address. Geocoding these addresses often provides new insights since it becomes possible to examine spatial patterns and associations. Address information is typically considered confidential and is therefore not...

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Main Author: Paul A. Zandbergen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/567049