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Re: st: Create common ID # from several changing ID #s


From   Andrea Drechsler <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Create common ID # from several changing ID #s
Date   Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:58:02 -0500

Robert,

This is perfect!  I suspected a command like group_id existed, but
couldn't find it.  Thanks so much for elegantly solving this problem!

~ Andrea


On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Robert Picard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Andrea,
>
> Here's a way to this using the -group_id- program available from SSC. Type:
>
> ssc d group_id
>
> for more information. Hope this helps,
>
> Robert
>
> *--------------------------- begin example -----------------------
> version 11
> clear
> input long (current_id other_id1 other_id2)
> 4001 . .
> 4002 406434127 .
> 406434166 406434127 .
> 406434127 406434166 406414087
> 406414087 406384157 .
> 406384157 . .
> 4071 . .
> 4072 4071 .
> 4073 . .
> end
>
> * Assign a new identifier and save the master list of providers
> sort current_id
> gen newid = _n
> list, noobs sep(0)
> tempfile fmain
> save "`fmain'"
>
> * Duplicate records when there are alternate identifiers
> keep newid other_id1
> rename other_id1 current_id
> keep if !missing(current_id)
> tempfile alt1
> save "`alt1'"
>
> use "`fmain'", clear
> keep newid other_id2
> rename other_id2 current_id
> keep if !missing(current_id)
> append using "`alt1'"
> append using "`fmain'"
> keep newid current_id
> sort newid current_id
> list, sepby(newid)
>
> * Group newid when current_di matches
> group_id newid, matchby(current_id)
> sort newid
> list, sepby(newid)
>
> * Remove duplicates and update the initial data with new codes
> sort current_id newid
> by current_id newid: keep if _n == 1
> merge 1:1 current_id using "`fmain'", assert(match) nogen
>
> list, noobs sep(0)
>
> *--------------------------- end example -----------------------
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Andrea Drechsler
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a dataset of medical providers at the provider-year level.
> > Each provider has an ID #.  If the provider moves to a new location,
> > they are assigned a new ID #.  I have two other variables that
> > sometimes contain providers' previous or future ID #s.  I'm trying to
> > create a common ID # for each provider so I can track them over time.
> >
> > For example, I'd like to assign all of the following observations a common ID #:
> >
> > current_id              other_id1               other_id2
> > 406434166               406434127
> > 406434127               406434166               406414087
> > 406414087               406384157
> > 406384157
> >
> > Thanks very much in advance!
> >
> > ~ Andrea Drechsler
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