This macro finds all index dates that meet a cumulative and/or current filled daily dose criteria. More...

Detailed Description

This macro finds all index dates that meet a cumulative and/or current filled daily dose criteria.

Program inputs

Dataset with eligible index dates.
Dataset with all claims.

Program outputs

Dataset with eligible index dates meeting the dose criteria.
Dataset with index dates not meeting the dose criteria.

Usage

  %ms_pov1dose(INFILE=_POV1&CohortId., 
               CLAIMFILE=_GroupIndex&CohortId.(keep=patid adate &RxSupVar. 
                                                    %if &mincumdose. ne . | (&maxcumdose. ne . and &cumdoseper. ne .) %then %do;
                                                       expiredt cumdose
                                                    %end;
                                                    %if &mincfdd. ne . | &maxcfdd. ne . %then %do;
                                                       strength &rxamtvar. 
                                                    %end; ),
               EXCLINDEXFILE=_DoseExcl&CohortId.,
               OUTFILE=_POV1&CohortId., 
               MINCUMDOSE=&mincumdose., 
               MAXCUMDOSE=&maxcumdose.,
               MINCFDD=&mincfdd.,
               MAXCFDD=&maxcfdd.,
               LOOKBACK=&cumdoseper.,
               RXSUPVAR=&rxsupvar.);

Parameters

[in]	INFILE	Name of the dataset with eligible index dates.
[in]	CLAIMFILE	Name of the dataset with all claims.
[in]	EXCLINDEXFILE	Name of the dataset with index dates excluded due to not meeting criteria.
[out]	OUTFILE	Name of the output dataset meeting the dose criteria.
[in]	MINCUMDOSE	Minimum prior cumulative dose.
[in]	MAXCUMDOSE	Maximum prior cumulative dose.
[in]	MINCFDD	Minimum current filled daily dose.
[in]	MAXCFDD	Maximum current filled daily dose.
[in]	LOOKBACK	Number of days prior to index date to evaluate mincumdose/maxcumdose.
[in]	RXSUPVAR	Variable holding dispensing RX Days Supply.

SAS Macros Dependencies

ms_periodsoverlap.sas

Note: Cumulative dose is evaluated in the window [-lookback, indexdate -1]

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

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