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Comparative Study
. 1984;19(1):31-6.
doi: 10.1016/0010-468x(84)90035-7.

Phonetic reduction of names

D Fenna
Comparative Study

Phonetic reduction of names

D Fenna. Comput Programs Biomed. 1984.

Abstract

The University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, required an efficient phonetic reduction of names for accessing up to one-million patient records. The familiar Soundex methodology was enhanced, to provide some equating of beginning letters but somewhat greater discrimination beyond. The result was a potent 16-bit representation; an appropriate algorithm is provided.

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