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catchment area

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catchment area
the region from which the data in a particular study are drawn.

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Other hospitals in the database are not viewed as comparable because they have higher or lower annual visits, are in a different geographic area, or have a demographically different catchment area.
Thus the curators have made an almost quixotic effort to scour every inch of their catchment area, which extends beyond the five boroughs into New Jersey and upstate.
F4 = a multiplier to account for cases of salmonellosis that occurred in the FoodNet catchment area but were not confirmed by fecal culture, and subsequently, not ascertained by FoodNet.
 
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