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Large Administrative Database Analysis I 55
searchers a lot of time.19 Databases may become
available in already linked form, allowing the cost
of linkage to be paid just once. After two data-
bases have been linked, the cost of updating them
will probably decrease. AHCPR has been active in
trying to identify and remove the obstacles to the
efficient use of databases (185).
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it is unlikely to be published in widely circulated medical or health services research journals. AHCPR has facilitated the exchange of such
information by sponsoring conferences that provide opportunities for database researchers to exchange information (217). The products of
these conferences serve as valuable resources. AHCPR has also established the Use of Claims Data Work Group, which includes many of the
PORT investigators who analyze claims.
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