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Decide on naming of polymorphic columns in EPISODE_EVENT table. #20

Closed mgurley closed 5 years ago

mgurley commented 5 years ago

In the most current version of the Oncology/Episode of Care Combined Proposal #23, the polymorphic pair of columns that allow the EPISODE_EVENT table to reference any clinical event table are named 'event_id' and 'event_table_concept_id'. This diverges from the current OMOP naming convention for polymorphic column pairs:

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mgurley commented 5 years ago

Decided on the following: EPISODE_EVENT.event_id, EPISODE_EVENT.episode_event_field_concept_id