This program bridges member raw enrollment episodes into continuous periods, while allowing a maximum gap between two consecutve enrollment periods. More...

Detailed Description

This program bridges member raw enrollment episodes into continuous periods, while allowing a maximum gap between two consecutve enrollment periods.

Sort dataset by PatId Enr_Start and Enr_End.
Manage chart type.
Change episode if maximum allowable gap is reached or if changes occur in benefit coverage.
Reconciliation of eligible episodes.

Program inputs

&INFILE. (Dataset with enrollment data.)

Program outputs

&OUTFILE. (Dataset containing the bridged enrollment episodes.)

Usage

%ms_episoderec2(INFILE=indata.&ENRTABLE.(keep=Patid Enr_Start Enr_End MedCov DrugCov Chart),
                OUTFILE=worktemp.enr_&RECONTYP.&ENROLGAP.,
                COVERAGE=&COVERAGE.,
                CHARTRES=&CHARTRES.,
                ENRSTART=Enr_Start,
                ENREND=Enr_End,
                ENROLGAP=&ENROLGAP.,
                REMOVEDUP=Yes);

Parameters

[in]	INFILE	SAS dataset containing the raw enrollment data.
[out]	OUTFILE	SAS output dataset containing the conciliated enrollment periods.
[in]	COVERAGE	Drug and Medical coverage indicator.
[in]	CHARTRES	Chart availability indicator.
[in]	ENRSTART	Name of enrollment episode start date variable in INFILE.
[in]	ENREND	Name of enrollment episode end date variable in INFILE.
[in]	ENROLGAP	Maximum allowable enrollment episode gap.
[in]	REMOVEDUP	Indicates the removal of duplicates from the output file.

SAS Macros Dependencies

ms_periodsoverlap.sas

Note

- Consolidated enrollment episode start and end dates are named EStart EEnd.

User can use rename after if other names are preferred.
In the case where there is the presence of time varying variables, this procedure will keep all records of the input file.

Author: Sentinel Coordinating Center (info@.nosp@m.sent.nosp@m.inels.nosp@m.yste.nosp@m.m.org)

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