Soundex can help facilitate the organization of the master Hispanic and foreign patient index.
The “Soundex” system refers to a system that is based on the way a name sounds rather than spelling. It is a coded surname index. It was developed to manage federal census records.
Under this system, surnames with similar sounds, like, johnson, Jonson, Johnsen, jonnsen, etc. are given the same code. they are listed together.
There is no code for letters A, E, I, O, U, Y, H, and W.
Usually, surname prefixes, such as d’, de, du, von, and others are disregarded by the person recording the data.
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