Table 4 Collected data items
From: A quantitative analysis of the use of anonymization in biomedical research
Item | Description | Example | Dimension |
|---|---|---|---|
Year | Year of publication | 2020 | Temporal trends |
COVID-19 research | Whether the paper produced COVID-19-related findings | Yes | |
Location of first author | Country of the institution listed as the first affiliation of the first author | UK, US | Geographical differences |
Origin of data | Country or countries in which the data was collected | UK, US | |
Data type | Whether the paper was included through the use of terms related to healthcare data, research data, or both | Healthcare data | Common data sources |
Data source | Entity or entities stated as the source of the data | Optum, Flatiron | |
ICD-10 chapter | ICD-10 chapter of the diseases studied | 1, 2, 3 |
