nhsbsa-data-analytics / personMatchR

Helper package for matching individuals across two datasets
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Prioritise exact matches #2

Closed steven-buckley closed 2 years ago

steven-buckley commented 2 years ago

Across previous matching processes a perfect match has been a relatively common outcome. Therefore by handling these at the start of any matching scripts we do not need about including the matched records in any subsequent joins.

In terms of scoring an exact match will always achieve a perfect score.

Although it would be possible to have both an exact match and a different confident match, the exact match would always take priority and therefore there is no need for additional matching.