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-# AHRQ_pipeline
+# AHRQ_pipeline
+
+## Key Steps
+Load Libraries:
+- caret
+- data.table
+- dplyr
+- sets
+- scales
+- tidyr
+- stringr
+
+## Summary of functionality: 
+
+### Load Data:
+- Load patient data from a CSV file. (select your desired geographic level & years from AHRQ SDOHD).
+- Load years of AHRQ SDOH data from CSV files.
+- Load a CSV file containing feature names for AHRQ SDOH variables.
+
+### Preprocess AHRQ Data:
+- Merge AHRQ data from multiple years into a single data frame.
+- Pad ZIP codes and STATEFIPS codes with leading zeros for consistency.
+- Optionally perform imputation for missing values.
+
+### Merge Data:
+Merge the preprocessed AHRQ data with patient data using crosswalk variables:
+STATEFIPS
+ZIPCODE
+YEAR
+
+## The AHRQ SDOHD data used in this notebook can be accessed from the following link:
+- AHRQ SDOHD: https://www.ahrq.gov/sdoh/data-analytics/sdoh-data.html#download
+